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0 pointstibbydudeza5y ago0 comments

As Linus said ARM will only be widely adopted if there is availability of affordable hardware that developers can actually buy.

Apple has pulled this off about 4 times because of their small market share and willingness to deprecate old hardware, software and the close control of the hardware they release.|

In the PC world - x86 will remain with us for a LONG time to come.

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klelatti5y ago

Which is why Arm in Macs is a crucial moment for the whole of the Arm ecosystem.

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0 pointstibbydudeza5y ago0 comments

As Linus said ARM will only be widely adopted if there is availability of affordable hardware that developers can actually buy.

Apple has pulled this off about 4 times because of their small market share and willingness to deprecate old hardware, software and the close control of the hardware they release.|

In the PC world - x86 will remain with us for a LONG time to come.

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klelatti5y ago

Which is why Arm in Macs is a crucial moment for the whole of the Arm ecosystem.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse