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Re:Memory access on the Apple M1 processor by ralfd on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @05:56PM (#25663852)
Apple has at most 10% of the computer market and is just one player among many. I am skeptical Microsoft with their 90% dominance would or should be allowed this much power over the industry.
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Re:Memory access on the Apple M1 processor by sjwright on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @10:09PM (#25666801)
The traditional personal computer market isn't nearly as important as it used to be. However you slice the pie, there's no way you can define the pieces to be 10% Apple and 90% Microsoft with a straight face.
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Re:Memory access on the Apple M1 processor by mechEpleb on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:21AM (#25669780)
90% dominance of what is increasingly a small niche market. Apple controls a large fraction of the mobile device market, and everything else runs linux.
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Re:Memory access on the Apple M1 processor by icedchai on Thursday January 07, 2021 @05:43PM (#25678705)
The fact is outside of the tech scene, most businesses and consumers runs Windows. To say this is a "small niche market" is laughable. Microsoft is everywhere.
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Re:Memory access on the Apple M1 processor by bradknowles on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:34PM (#25709296)
Compare how many millions of desktop PCs there are in the world, versus the billions of mobile devices.
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