Re: Report: Arm cancelling contract with Qualcomm

On Sat, 26 Oct 2024 10:43:34 -0400, Joel wrote:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
 

Nothing in the document you linked to says it can't run on Apple
metal, just implying that it isn't supported by M$.

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I assume Microsoft “supports” those techniques because they are the
only ones that offer anything approaching a quality user experience.
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Obviously trying to run Windows-on-ARM on bare Apple metal does not.

 
It's not obvious.

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You think Microsoft would forego an opportunity to tout the richness of
its Windows user experience?

 
They haven't done testing of Win11 on the new Macs, that doesn't mean it
wouldn't work.

This is Microsoft. There is stuff they *did* test that doesn’t work.

The only obvious thing is that they don't want to tell you it's OK,
to do it.

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Because they know that only disappointment lies in that direction.

 
How do you know?

Because Windows is a complex piece of software. And Microsoft is a profit-
driven company.