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Something I wanted from Apple.

First time Microsoft seems to be more focused than Apple (which works on semi-innovations like touchbars).

I expect Apple would either switch entirely, or not. But fracturing the desktop doesn’t seem like something they’d do. ARM would have to be the clear path forward.

I dunno, it seems a lot to ask to not fracture the entire desktop.

Matching the perfomance of 91W-class i7's found in iMacs would take a lot of ARM. 45W-class i7's in Macbook Pro's are quite powerful, too.

Mostly I don't have the feeling they want to invest more into MacOS. I feel they would much rather push everyone into iOS, a locked down platform where they have full control on what people can do or not and monetize every single step (whether that is realistic or not).

I mean they already did it once with the PPC->x86 transition with Mac OS X. This is basically Microsoft's Rosetta layer.

None of MSFT’s innovation actually works properly though. If they just invented the light bulb you’d have to replace it once an hour.

That's how light bulbs actually worked way back when. And now you have practically light bulbs that live for 10+ years and are 10 times more energy efficient.

Remember when you had to reinstall windows XP every few months? Yeah, i haven't reinstalled my windows since windows 8 came out. I've done upgrade to 8.1, 10, 10 CU without re-installation or "refresh".

Even with Vidta and 7 I never had to reinstall my OS. I had the same Windowd 7 install from 2012 till 2015 ~ and I think I stopped because I wanted to use Linux from then on instead.

This is lost on me because I’ve had to reinstall Windows 10 twice this year. Boot loop and latent network on a Thinkpad T440.

Before that, I did it once a year going back to NT3.51

Is that because Windows is better, or you're just better at dealing with it?

XPs big problem was IE and malware infections, other than that it was as reliable as any current version of Windows today. Once you have to manage 3500 PCs and you see the same stupid issues coming up over and over, you realize it's not really any better. Computer stores may not be as busy cleaning malware from desktops and laptops, but my team is every bit as busy cleaning up bad updates, fixing BSODs and trying to find documentation that doesn't exist for whatever feature was released last week.

That's how light bulbs actually worked way back when. And now you have practically light bulbs that live for 10+ years and are 10 times more energy efficient.

I'll have to disagree:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/dawn-of-electronics/t...

Your analogy is pretty hilarious when you realize old light bulbs last WAY longer because they're not as bright and there are old bulbs over 100 years old still glowing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest-lasting_light_bulbs

The lightbulb manufacturers colluded to stop marketing based on lamplife.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel

Joke’s on you. Actually you only have to remove it from the socket and turn it back in!

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