simple@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoQualcomm will try to have its Apple Silicon moment in PCs with “Snapdragon X”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down14
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkQualcomm will try to have its Apple Silicon moment in PCs with “Snapdragon X”arstechnica.comsimple@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareIchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoWindows on ARM is a thing, it will run x86 binaries.
minus-squareTroy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoGord forbid those binaries want to do any actual work though…
minus-squareIchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoI don’t follow?
minus-squareTroy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoWindows on ARM will run x86 binaries. But if these binaries require any real processing power, they choke or run really really slowly.
minus-squareIchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoI guess it depends on how you define “real processing power”. I run Windows on Arm on my Mac Studio through Parallels. I installed Steam and played Civ 4 and it’s great. Sure, it’s an old game but it runs smoothly.
Windows on ARM is a thing, it will run x86 binaries.
Gord forbid those binaries want to do any actual work though…
I don’t follow?
Windows on ARM will run x86 binaries. But if these binaries require any real processing power, they choke or run really really slowly.
I guess it depends on how you define “real processing power”. I run Windows on Arm on my Mac Studio through Parallels. I installed Steam and played Civ 4 and it’s great. Sure, it’s an old game but it runs smoothly.