Re: Windows-on-ARM Laptop Is A “Frequently-Returned Item” On Amazon

On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 21:55:40 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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There has been a discussion in another thread about how aware the average
user is about the OS they are using. Like the original Windows RT flop,
they hear Microsoft, Windows, and Surface and click 'Buy'.

They wouldn't know ARM from AMD. I don't know how far Microsoft or vendors
like Amazon would have to go to educate them or, once educated, if they
would buy an ARM Surface. That would leave the geeks who know what
Snapdragon or ARM implies, not a huge market.

While Microsoft is a huge company they don't have a very good track record
of being able to focus on more than a couple of things at a time and right
now it's AI.