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On 7/11/2024 6:57 PM, Joel wrote:


> This is simply a matter of dominoes falling, ARM will supplant x86,

Definitely not.  It doesn't offer enough advantages over CISC.

Do you remember what you said to me 14.3 years ago?

"You are clueless, dude.  Apple is going to release OS X for other OEMs 
and retail sales - mark my words, it's coming."





> it's over as I said in the Subject line, they will put everything on
> this hardware.  I would never buy another x86 machine, but the one I
> have could probably remain useful for a long time.

Don't get rid of it.  You need to keep it around so I can be proven 
right that Win13 will run just fine on it (you claimed Win12 would be 
the end)


Win8.1 release: Oct 2013
Win10 release:  July 2015
Win11 release:  Oct 2021
Win12 release:  2025 (online speculation)
Win13 release:  2030?