• joojmachine@lemmy.mlOP
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    6 months ago

    They’ve basically been the biggest partner with Microsoft to try and launch an ARM ecosystem for Windows. The oldest ARM laptops were made by them AFAIK

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      6 months ago

      It’s rumored Qualcomm actually has an exclusivity deal for Windows on ARM that’s expiring in 2025. Supposedly, Nvidia and AMD both have chips being prepared for that.

      Microsoft is very much trying to push ARM forward, in order to compete with heat, noise, and battery life of Apple laptops and tablets.