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Samsung does an Apple with its first Snapdragon X Elite laptop, suggesting the new Arm-based Windows machines aren't going to be a cheap alternative to x86 (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Interesting. Samsung making a bold move here, but one that could make sense.

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[+] -12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Windows is relevant because it's a better product for the average user. The same goes for OSX. ARM isn't going to change any of that. Especially with NVIDIA GPUs being broken and a pain in the ass.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Windows is not a 'better' product, that would be ChromeOS. Zero configuration means nothing can get broken.

    The average user who started with MS Office 95 is now 50 years old. The younger average user at least knows there are alternatives to Windows.

    PC gaming is a whole other can of worms. I keep hearing that Valve did some black mahic and now most of Steam games work on Linux with no issues.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've been gaming on linux for about two years now through steam proton and it's really good. Some games don't run because of anti cheat, some games run even better than on windows.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Gaming on Linux has come a long way and I always prefer to run it on Linux rather than a dedicated Windows boot, if possible.

    But if you rely on VRR, DLSS and have a decent HDR display, Linux unfortunately still isn't quite there yet. VRR/HDR is mostly unsupported systemwide currently. DLSS sometimes works, sometimes requires a lot of debugging and ends up actually hurting the performance.

    If your hardware setup allows you to run your games at a decent framerate without DLSS/VRR, this likely won't be an issue for you.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Google Docs is the only meaningful competitor to Office. No one I know wants to try Linux desktop and I think it’s hard to convince anyone to give up the convenience of Windows. Proton works but in my experience requires too much experimentation for the average user.

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