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Re:Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger by mcintyre1994 on Monday December 02, 2024 @10:40AM (#42297227)
> They would have at least 5 years to figure it out before ARM becomes viable on desktop assuming there continues to be movement in that direction.

What's this based on? Surely the proportion of desktops that need to be more powerful than anything Apple is doing on ARM is very small. And surely Apple isn't 5 years ahead?

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Re:Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger by etempleton on Monday December 02, 2024 @10:49AM (#42297321)
It is less about the development of ARM on desktop and more about software support. Most apps on Windows are still emulated. Some will not work at all. Games are kind of a mess on ARM. A ton of security software that IT departments require are only going to work x86. Businesses run legacy custom applications designed for x86. Some major applications still run on emulation only and are therefore slower on ARM.

Apple can force the transition. It is not so straightforward on Windows/Linux.

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