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

On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 21:09:22 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:

The reality here is that Microsoft should have had a compatibility
layer for most of the software ready on day one, much like Apple did.

They already do, but it’s not enough. ARM chips are supposed to offer some
kind of energy-saving advantage, but you don’t get that through a
compatibility layer.

Say what you will about Apple, but they provided users a decent bridge
from 9.2.2 to X, from IBM to Intel and from x86-64 to ARM.

Somehow they managed to sell those transitions to their user and developer
base as steps forward. Microsoft has failed to do the same.