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A comment on Ask HN: Can the ARM Macs/PCs end the web as we know it?.

Re:Ask HN: Can the ARM Macs/PCs end the web as we know it? by 4778468d on Thursday November 26, 2020 @02:58AM (#25217902)
No.

ARM has a huge problem with compatibility and secrecy.

Buy a random intel machine .... will it run Windows and Linux? YES.

Buy a random ARM device..,, will it run Linux? Maybe, probably not, even if it does, probably there’s problems and issues caused by the CPU vendor keeping aspects of its design secret.

ARM is a very very long way from replacing Intel.

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Re:Ask HN: Can the ARM Macs/PCs end the web as we know it? by koenvdb on Thursday November 26, 2020 @04:15AM (#25218288)
I always forget that not being able to run Linux immediately means that there is a lot of secrecy. It can never be put on Linux.
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Re:Ask HN: Can the ARM Macs/PCs end the web as we know it? by nt2h9uh238h on Thursday November 26, 2020 @03:35AM (#25218080)
According to Apples M1: Intel software runs FASTER on ARM than on Intel
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