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Silicon nerd 🤓 that I am, I have gone through multiple cycles of excited-then-disappointed for Windows-on-ARM, especially considering the success of ChromeOS with ARM, the Apple M1/M2 (Apple’s own ARM silicon which now powers its laptops), and AWS Graviton (Amazon’s own ARM chip for its cloud computing services).
Technology in the 1990s and early 2000s marched to the beat of an Intel-and-Microsoft-led drum. Source: IT Portal Intel would release new chips at a regular cadence: each cheaper, faster, and more energy efficient than the last. This would let Microsoft push out new, more performance-hungry software, which would, in turn, get customers to want Intel’s next, more awesome chip.
Genius? Source: Softpedia Regardless of how you feel about Microsoft’s products, you have to appreciate the brilliance of their strategic “playbook”: 1. Use the fact that Microsoft’s operating system/productivity software is used by almost everyone to identify key customer/partner needs 2. Build a product which is usually only a second/third-best follower product but make sure...