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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by fiddlerwoaroof on Saturday October 03, 2020 @02:22PM (#24673764)
Apple is a trendsetter, though: I think, as a rule, Apple’s decisions are copied by a large part of the market so its market share isn’t an adequate measurement of its influence. This will be especially true if Apple Silicon MacBooks are impressive in some way, like extra-long battery life.
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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by the-dude on Saturday October 03, 2020 @02:30PM (#24673809)
Will manufacturers start to demand Windows on ARM? ( WARM? )
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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by wmf on Saturday October 03, 2020 @03:33PM (#24674158)
Windows on ARM only runs on lame processors like 8cx/SQ1/SQ2.

Apple Silicon may beat Intel/AMD and Apple Silicon is ARM, but that doesn't mean that ARM is beating Intel/AMD.

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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by solarkraft on Saturday October 03, 2020 @04:27PM (#24674452)
Yes. Microsoft is happy to oblige and Qualcomm seems to be ramping up their Snapdragon 8cx program, with it in a few recently released devices.
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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by brian_herman on Saturday October 03, 2020 @03:10PM (#24674020)
https://community.arm.com/developer/ip-products/processors/b... They are making some.

I hope bootcamp will be updated for the new macbooks eventually. I don't expect it to be out on day 1 but maybe a couple months after release?

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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by vesh on Saturday October 03, 2020 @02:55PM (#24673932)
Absolutely, better performance per watt means longer battery life. Windows already supports ARM. Microsoft doesn't really have a choice here but to improve support for ARM. Office on Mac seems like is going to be ready for Apple Silicon if that effort also helps Office on Windows ARM then they are half way there.
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