Subj : Re: Operating Systems
To   : tenser
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Apr 10 2024 18:16:45

  Re: Re: Operating Systems
  By: tenser to Nightfox on Thu Apr 11 2024 06:23 am

 te> The era of x86 on the "desktop" is likely drawing to a conclusion. We've
 te> got a few more generations and probably another 10 years or so, and then
 te> it's going to be mostly ARM and RISC-V.  x86 will remain on the high-end
 te> in the server space for a while, but will probably asymptotically trend
 te> towards 0% of the market, kind of like the mainframe.

 te> Microsoft is not stupid.  They see the trend and will react accordingly,
 te> for as long as they intend to keep Windows as a going concern (likely
 te> forever, but probably in a somewhat diminished form, perhaps moving in
 te> favor of Linux over time).

 te> What you see _now_ has nothing to do with what you'll see in 2038.

That's probably true.  I just hope there will still be a way to build your own desktop PC - That offers the best way to customize your own computer, and I've always enjoyed doing that.  I'd be disappointed if all computers basically become a closed box that you can't customize or upgrade, and would be forced to buy a whole new computer if you just need more RAM, a faster processor, etc..

Also, I hope ARM-based computers would still be as performant (or more) for intensive computing tasks, such as video processing, photo editing, gaming, etc..  Though I imagine that will be the case.

Nightfox
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