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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

I really think that most people who think that they want ARM machines are wrong, at least given the state of things in 2024. Like, maybe you use Linux...but do you want to run x86 Windows binary-only games? Even if you can get 'em running, you've lost the power efficiency. What's hardware support like? Do you want to be able to buy other components? If you like stuff like that Framework laptop, which seems popular on here, an SoC is heading in the opposite direction of that -- an all-in-one, non-expandable manufacturer-specified system.

But yours is a legit application. A non-CPU-constrained datacenter application running open-source software compiled against ARM, where someone else has validated that the hardware is all good for the OS.

I would not go ARM for a desktop or laptop as things stand, though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

If you didn't want to game on your laptop, would an ARM device not be better for office work? Considering they're quiet and their battery lasts forever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As long as the apps all work. So much stuff is browser based now, but something will always turns up that doesn't work. Something like mandatory timesheet software, a bespoke tool etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But isn't there x86 emulation for those edge cases?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Depends if you trust it to actually work.

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