Ask HN: Will you switch back if Windows on Arm becomes as snappy as macOS?

Re:Ask HN: Will you switch back if Windows on Arm becomes as... by LUmBULtERA on Monday April 15, 2024 @07:08AM (#40038944)

I wanted a laptop that was silent almost always, had a beautiful display, great keyboard, trackpad, and speakers, and a long and consistent battery life. Landed on a M1 MBP. If there is a Windows laptop that fits those characteristics, I'd try it after this one dies.

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Re:Ask HN: Will you switch back if Windows on Arm becomes as... by ricc on Monday April 15, 2024 @09:33AM (#40040344)

> after this one dies

Assuming you take good care of your equipment and don't need to upgrade often, I'm guessing this could take many years, probably a decade.

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Re:Ask HN: Will you switch back if Windows on Arm becomes as... by LUmBULtERA on Monday April 15, 2024 @09:24PM (#40047479)

Yup, I sure hope so!

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Re:Ask HN: Will you switch back if Windows on Arm becomes as... by vunderba on Monday April 15, 2024 @05:05PM (#40045577)

This is precisely the reason I switched over. The QA control for 99% of Windows laptops is completely hit or miss.

My last decent Windows machine was a Lenovo T530. That thing was a workstation and didn't pretend to be anything else. Modular, easy to replace components, that thing got out of my way and just worked. That was over a decade ago.

After that I had nothing but irritating issues. Everything from poor wifi (looking at you Killer), poor battery life (2 hours max), ventilation issues and overheating, etc. Example: My Dell XPS with InfinityEdge screen looked amazing. What was less amazing was the constant BSODs on a brand new machine within a few months of light usage.

I switched to a MBP Max M1 and haven't looked back.

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