It's been a very, very long time coming, but it looks like it's finally happening.

2024 could be the year the PC finally dumps x86 for Arm, all thanks to Windows 12 and Qualcomm’s new chip::We’ve already reported on Qualcomm’s new 12-core Arm uberchip, the Snapdragon X Elite, and its claims of x86-beating performance and efficiency. But it takes two to tango when it comes a maj

  • mr_tyler_durden@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    10 months ago

    I’m confused, my M1 MBP had like 1-2 things max that were x86 still that I needed and those ran fine on Rosetta.

    I know docker is a bit more annoying but it’s not that bad IMHO.

    • 8ender@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      10 months ago

      Came in to say the same, and I run all sorts of weird shit. Rosetta is so seamless the only way I know it’s an x86 thing is that it takes a while to launch the first time.

    • time_lord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      That’s because macs don’t have games. They’ve had 3 iterations of ARM processors and I still can’t download steam natively. If I could, most of my steam library wouldn’t run natively.

      • Rough_N_Ready@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        Steam runs absolutely fine on my m1. I haven’t checked if it’s running Rosetta or native arm code, but I can’t tell at all so it doesn’t matter. All my Mac games run fine on steam, unless they are old and 32 bit. But macs dropped 32 bit support a while ago even on intel chips. The games run great too.