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Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat Apple (www.theverge.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

ARM is a system on a chip. It's significantly more energy efficient, but the different nature of the architecture requires persuading developers. It's not for gaming yet, but it's great for common tasks. ARM Macs have been doing really well, with the Rosetta translation software running Intel apps near-flawlessly, but Windows has been.. bad. Just bad.