sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoLinux geeks cheer as Arm wrestles x86 • The Registerwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down15
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minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoWe stuck to x86 forever because backwards compatibility and because nobody had anything better. Now manufacturers do have something better, and it’s fast enough that emulation is good enough for backwards compatibility.
minus-squarelibrejoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAcorn computers would like to say that’s not 100% correct.
We stuck to x86 forever because backwards compatibility and because nobody had anything better. Now manufacturers do have something better, and it’s fast enough that emulation is good enough for backwards compatibility.
Acorn computers would like to say that’s not 100% correct.