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Re:Apple's M4 Has Reportedly Adopted the ARMv9 Architecture by nolongerthere on Friday May 24, 2024 @02:34PM (#40469135)
Microsoft just announced some lackluster arm laptops that they claim can compete with M-series chips. The question is what windows programs are gonna run on them...
Re:Apple's M4 Has Reportedly Adopted the ARMv9 Architecture by Tagbert on Friday May 24, 2024 @03:51PM (#40469879)
Some people have been running Windows 11 for Arm on a VM in Apple Silicon. It has an automatic transcoder that translates most x86 code at start. It seems to run many apps well. Microsoft claims these new machines have a better transcoder. This might work.
Re:Apple's M4 Has Reportedly Adopted the ARMv9 Architecture by fl0ki on Friday May 24, 2024 @02:58PM (#40469382)
Some folks have looked into it, and it doesn't sound too bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-tMBk9Vx4

For me at least, the best possible outcome of this is that Windows handheld gaming devices become more power-efficient. That might be an advantage over Linux-based handhelds for a while, unless Valve decide that Proton needs to also be an architecture emulator. The chip efficiency wins must surely be tempting in this form factor.

Re:Apple's M4 Has Reportedly Adopted the ARMv9 Architecture by rbanffy on Friday May 24, 2024 @05:35PM (#40470672)
Your question answers itself. "What Windows programs" is the key part.

I don't have any need for any Windows-only program.