Re: Remember when setting up a Windows PC didn’

On 2026-01-04 18:28, CrudeSausage wrote:

On 2026-01-04 19:28, Alan wrote:
 

Arm CPUs are the best thing to happen to PCs since the SSD.

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Second-best. RISC-V may yet surpass them. Maybe even LoongArch.

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Ummmm... "may yet surpass" literally means "aren't YET as good".
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And as usual, Linux is leading the way.

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LOL!

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Linux and Windows both support ARM, your precious Apple overlords aren't

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So? How does that show Linux "leading the way"?

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It doesn't. <snip>

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Thank you.
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Your bullshit irrelevant to the discussion removed.

 There was no topic, zealot.

Sure there was.
It was a specific claim from someone who both claimed that ARM was "second-best"...
...and that the best counter-examples he could provide (I infer; do you even know the difference between "infer" and "imply". I very much doubt it.) MIGHT surpass ARM someday.
<snipped more irrelevant bullshit>

There's more to leading the way that simply being able to run an OS.
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People don't use the OS: they use applications that can run on that OS.
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And Apple has lead the way in making it possible to run a program written for a different architecture on new one.
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Motorola to PowerPC
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PowerPC to Intel
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And now, Intel to Apple Silicon.

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What if I don't want to pay exorbitant prices for RAM or storage and intend to hold onto my computer (and have updates) for more then seven years? Apple has nothing to sell me.

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How has that anything to do with the topic under discussion?
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Oh right!
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It doesn't!

 Ridiculous anger at being exposed for your zealotry noted.

You inferred anger there?
The implication was clearly amusement!
:-)