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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Is Windows-on-ARM On Its Last Legs?
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:33:29 -0000 (UTC)
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Here’s a summary of the current state of play of ARM-based Windows
(actually Qualcomm-based Windows)
<https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/26/24186432/microsoft-windows-on-arm-qualcomm-copilot-plus-pcs-prism-emulator>.

Seems a few more productivity apps have gone native over the last five
years. Enough to make Windows-on-ARM a compelling value proposition?
Not really.

And what’s still missing in a big way? Games. Consider that a
Linux-based Steam Deck, using WINE to run Windows games, seems to
offer better compatibility with them than Microsoft’s own genuine
(supposedly) Windows platform. That was the last remaining market
segment where Windows (at least x86-based Windows) seemed to be
impregnable against the Linux onslaught, but even that dominance is
now crumbling.