Subj : Re: Intel: Once mighty, now falling?
To   : Vorlon
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Jun 02 2025 09:33 am

  Re: Re: Intel: Once mighty, now falling?
  By: Vorlon to Nightfox on Mon Jun 02 2025 01:32 pm

 N>> I recently have heard of an ARM-based edition of Windows, with the full

 Vo> Yes it's the current surface laptop's... One word of warning, "Runaway"
 Vo> you don't want to touch one.

Normally that would be 2 words ("run away")..  I've never seen or heard anyone say "runaway" as one word..?

 Vo> Even though they look and feel like a true
 Vo> windows x64 machine, they have some very anoying quirks...

 Vo> Not all software works, and some even has bugs that the x64 versions
 Vo> don't... In this day and age with cross compiling you'd think that
 Vo> wouldn't be a issue... Another thing is printer driver support. You are
 Vo> forced to use MS's own driver and it's like going from a V8 to a mini
 Vo> minor, as the driver is very basic and cut down to the bone.

With ARM-based Windows still being relatively new, I'm sure there are some kinks to work out..  But as you said, with cross-compiling, I'd think that wouldn't be much of an issue.  Especially as I'm pretty sure Windows and its applications are made with languages like C++ and C# and such, where the code shouldn't have to change (except where they're doing any processor-specific things)..

Nightfox
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