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[–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

RISC-V and ARM exist. You can buy laptops based on either of these architectures for a very reasonable price, compared to Intel and AMD’s x86 offerings.

Have fun dealing with that Device Tree bullshit because hardware autodetection is so 1998.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    It's all a matter of [relatively minor] investment into R&D. Would you prefer being a subject of Intel and AMD's perpetual x86 duopoly forever?

    They can set whatever prices they like, because nobody else is allowed to touch their little instruction set. With the tiny exception of a Chinese company whose best CPU is the equivalent of an 8th gen i5.

    You'll pay whatever they demand or you won't have a PC. Yeah, this is so much fun compared to 'dealing with ARM bullshit'.

    This entire architecture has lived way past its time. Intel and AMD being utter garbage corporations did not help in the least.

    Let it die along with those two dumpster fires, and move on.

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