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Re:Nvidia to Challenge Intel with Arm-Based Processors for PCs by hurril on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @03:59AM (#37995994)
Apple doesn't have (tight) control over the whole software stack. This is something people say and probably believe.

They don't write Haskell, Postgres, Rust, Java, Scala, Firefox, Spotify, VS Code, Postico or any number of the other software that I run.

They (Apple) released _their_ software and the necessary tools to make it possible for all the software vendors to port all their code in their time, basically. But it all ran (runs!) on both Intel and ARM, still.

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Re:Nvidia to Challenge Intel with Arm-Based Processors for PCs by lllauri on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @06:37AM (#37997081)
Most of the software mentioned was working fine on ARM based SBC-s long before Apple switched to it.
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Re:Nvidia to Challenge Intel with Arm-Based Processors for PCs by hurril on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @04:31AM (#38010593)
I know! And it was not under Apple's control in any sense. This is my point!
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Re:Nvidia to Challenge Intel with Arm-Based Processors for PCs by hurril on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @04:30AM (#38010588)
Why has this been downvoted? Who is upset by this?
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