Re: Intel's co-CEO claims retailers say Qualcomm-powered PCs have high return rates, points to new competitors with Arm chips coming in 2025

On 2024-12-14, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

Le 2024-12-13 à 19:35, Joel a écrit :

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-interim-co-ceo-claims-retailers-are-concerned-by-return-rate-of-qualcomm-powered-machines
 
 
Bottom line, people are having an issue with familiarity, returning a
Windows ARM device.  It didn't operate quite the same way.  Duh, it's
a good thing, it's superior tech for a laptop.  Don't just return it.

I think you (Joel) are kind of missing the point. The reason Microsoft has
retained an almost monopoly status in the desktop OS market is because it
runs the supposedly "necessary" Windows applications. I'm guessing the ARM
CPU versions of Windows computers have limitations in this regard.

Unlike Apple which made sure that its compatibility layer allowed most
existing software to continue working when they made the architecture
change (from 68000 to PowerPC, from PowerPC to Intel, from Intel to
ARM), Microsoft couldn't be bothered to do the same. They must have run
out of resources.

I think you're right. Microsoft is always trying to "catch up" on new trends
without putting in the work and getting it right. They've got the "the
customer is our beta tester" attitude. Looks like another case of doing a
half-assed rollout is going bite them in the butt.

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