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by mey 2179 days ago
If it's ARM that excites you, Surface Pro X (Windows) and Pinebook (Linux) exist today. If it's macOS, you could switch now. What about the combo of macOS + ARM do you find compelling?
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Windows app developers couldn't care less about ARM Windows. MacOS app developers will have to if they want to stay relevant.
Because of the network effects of software development. The number of people that use those devices you list is basically a rounding error, so they're ignored by most software development.

Apple has a monopoly on their hardware, and they will likely sell a significant number of devices. This will lead to a lot more development for ARM that never would have happened otherwise.

That, in turn, may make tilt the balance in favor of ARM for a lot of other use cases outside of OSX when other tools, applications, and hardware vendors better support ARM.