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How did Microsoft screw this up? - Surface Pro X (SQ2) vs M1 Macbook Air

Linus Tech Tips · 2.8M views · 2021-01-05 · 10:56

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Linus Tech Tips compares Microsoft's Surface Pro X (SQ2) with the Apple M1 MacBook Air, focusing on how Windows on Arm and x86 emulation perform against Apple's Arm hardware. The verdict is that the Surface falls well short.

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Cited as evidence of how poorly Windows x86 emulation on Arm performed in 2021 compared with Apple's M1 and Rosetta.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2021–2022

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GeekyBear · 2022-06 · Reference

> It would be a huge embarrassment to have Apple hardware running Windows that much better than all the native PCs. That boat already sailed over a year ago. >How did Microsoft screw this up? - Surface Pro X (SQ2) vs M1 Macbook Air [VIDEO]

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GeekyBear · 2022-04 · Criticism

> IMO Microsoft has put much more effort into a thoughtful x86 -> ARM transition than Apple did. Given that the Surface Pro X didn't support 64 bit x86 Windows applications at all, I'm not sure how you can think so. Even after developer channel support was added, it was unlikely to work. >How did Microsoft screw this up? - Surface Pro X (SQ2) vs M1 Macbook Air [VIDEO]

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GeekyBear · 2022-02 · Reference

Has Windows gotten any better at running x86-64 Windows software on ARM hardware? The last time I saw this tested, it was more likely to fail than succeed, but it's been a while. [VIDEO]

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