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by beagle3 99 days ago
No, but Microsoft are also going arm. Where the us goes, the world goes eventually.
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pjmlp 99 days ago
Microsoft keeps trying to go ARM for a decade already, most Windows devs and consumers don't care, backwards compatibility rules on PC world, regardless of Prism and ARM64EC.

Additionally beware what to wish for, as CoPilot+ PC are locked down with Pluton security processor, from XBox and Azure Sphere.

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beagle3 98 days ago
The x86 emulation for fallback is (I’ve heard - not tried) usable for the first time.

Microsoft tried in the past without a Rosetta equivalent; Apple succeeded twice with Rosetta. They did not try to switch cold turkey the way Microsoft did.

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pjmlp 98 days ago
It doesn't cover device drivers, nor stuff like DAWs plugins.

Apple doesn't care about backwards compatibility like the PC, who doesn't move, stays behind.

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beagle3 98 days ago
Are you familiar with anyone who uses a 20 year old DAW?

Retro Amiga trackers don’t count.

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