▲ 192 ▼ 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 jeze@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world 79 comments fedilink hide all child comments Interesting. Samsung making a bold move here, but one that could make sense.
[–] dojan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh yeah but has anyone else? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Linux has been a fully working on arm for much longer than Windows so there's that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dojan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That’s not what I meant. Microsoft has been working on Windows ARM, sure, but has anyone else been working on Windows ARM? As far as I know you can’t even get Firefox on ARM. I suppose that they have a compatibility layer, but it’s nowhere near the performance of Rosetta 2. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ah well, Firefox definitely has a Windows arm native build available on their website but yeah most applications certainly won't permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dojan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Oh yeah, I stand corrected. I'm surprised I didn't see it before. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Linux has been a fully working on arm for much longer than Windows so there's that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dojan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That’s not what I meant. Microsoft has been working on Windows ARM, sure, but has anyone else been working on Windows ARM? As far as I know you can’t even get Firefox on ARM. I suppose that they have a compatibility layer, but it’s nowhere near the performance of Rosetta 2. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ah well, Firefox definitely has a Windows arm native build available on their website but yeah most applications certainly won't permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dojan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Oh yeah, I stand corrected. I'm surprised I didn't see it before. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dojan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That’s not what I meant. Microsoft has been working on Windows ARM, sure, but has anyone else been working on Windows ARM? As far as I know you can’t even get Firefox on ARM. I suppose that they have a compatibility layer, but it’s nowhere near the performance of Rosetta 2. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ah well, Firefox definitely has a Windows arm native build available on their website but yeah most applications certainly won't permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dojan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Oh yeah, I stand corrected. I'm surprised I didn't see it before. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ah well, Firefox definitely has a Windows arm native build available on their website but yeah most applications certainly won't permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dojan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Oh yeah, I stand corrected. I'm surprised I didn't see it before. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dojan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Oh yeah, I stand corrected. I'm surprised I didn't see it before. permalink fedilink source parent