Comments by "Lawrence D’Oliveiro" (@lawrencedoliveiro9104) on "Snapdragon PCs just became viable!" video.

  1. 1:40 “You seems to have an ad blocker on” ... how’s that for an ad?
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  2. They could pay developers to port their apps. Otherwise it’s not going to happen.
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  3. For those who think that ARM processors are somehow wimpy, let me just point out that the most powerful computer in the world right now https://top500.org/lists/top500/list/2020/06/ runs on ARM. Numbers 2 and 3 are machines based on IBM’s POWER9 architecture, while number 4 is a machine built on either MIPS or Alpha, nobody is quite sure. Intel/AMD doesn’t make an appearance until 5th place.
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  4. Windows on ARM is never going to overcome the chicken-and-egg problem: people aren’t going to buy the machines because they don’t have native apps, and vendors aren’t going to bother to make native apps if nobody is going to buy them.
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  5. Fun fact: x86 is only the 3rd most popular processor architecture in the world. It is outshipped about 3:1 by MIPS, and both are left in the dust by ARM, which ships more processors per year than the entire population of the Earth.
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  6.  @alexander-jl6cs  “why don't I see any powerful hardware using arm architecture?” Ummm ... the most powerful computer in the world right now is built on ARM processors https://top500.org/lists/top500/list/2020/06/ . Places 2 and 3 go to IBM POWER9 machines, while number 4 could be either MIPS or Alpha-like, nobody is quite sure. Intel doesn’t make an appearance until 5th place.
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