Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Intel's co-CEO claims retailers say Qualcomm-powered PCs have high return rates, points to new competitors with Arm chips coming in 2025 Date: 14 Dec 2024 00:47:26 GMT Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net GVAanJFrg0KFRqe5I/BZxQ/Io+i1crO34Y5v6kjD1a8dmct8L1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:DKShdJcgcaTptw25SvSAOk9BtiI= sha256:XvH0QdQIHI/t0HnmXTvttZD0d5kGk2RZuTULxdB+FUo= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 1777 On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:35:05 -0500, Joel wrote: > https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-interim-co-ceo- claims-retailers-are-concerned-by-return-rate-of-qualcomm-powered-machines > > > Bottom line, people are having an issue with familiarity, returning a > Windows ARM device. It didn't operate quite the same way. Duh, it's a > good thing, it's superior tech for a laptop. Don't just return it. "Compatibility issues are, of course, thought to be the primary reason why people return Snapdragon X-based systems to retailers." RT redux. Hopefully the same vicious cycle won't repeat. Consumers: "This thing won't run my favorite Windows app. I'm taking it back!" Developers: "Those things aren't selling. We're not going to waste time writing native Arm apps." Industry Rags: "Low sales suggests another Microsoft flop. Share price delining."