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Re:AMD Could Enter ARM Market with Sound Wave APU Built on T... by ternaryoperator on Friday October 31, 2025 @05:14PM (#45776772)
Windows and Microsoft apps run on ARM on multiple Surface models.
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Re:AMD Could Enter ARM Market with Sound Wave APU Built on T... by toast0 on Saturday November 01, 2025 @12:44AM (#45779314)
In 2017, Windows on ARM was pretty bad, Windows RT not Windows 10 that had been released for x86 in 2015. I know RT started with only support for Store apps, but I don't know when it allowed native apps. x86 emulation wasn't present in RT either.

Today? Sure, they could probably sell some arm cpus; in 2017, doesn't seem likely.

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Re:AMD Could Enter ARM Market with Sound Wave APU Built on T... by prmoustache on Saturday November 01, 2025 @05:58AM (#45780471)
Do the typical windows user run only Microsoft Apps?

I think you can get 95% of compatibility but the 5% of apps not running, even though they might be used once every full moon and there are alternatives, might be seen as a major blocker for a potential customer if he can still buy another computer with 100% compatibility.

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