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by oblio 2033 days ago
Yeah, but Apple's stuff won't necessarily translate to generic ARM, they have their own extensions. Plus their own OSes.

I don't really see how this benefits Linux or Windows.

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They have their own extensions, but having a mainstream desktop platform that runs on ARM will certainly be a push for compilers and software to have better support for ARM in general. For example, right now Docker ARM images are basically an afterthought and if something doesn't work in the ARM version a maintainer might just shrug their shoulders and view ARM as a niche use case. With a critical mass of ARM desktops that will no longer be the case.