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# Converting to ARM Tepidly or Boldly
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/converting-to-arm-tepidly-or-boldly/
- Published: 2020-11-24T15:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-11-24T15:10:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[PC Life After Apple Silicon. by Jean-Louis Gassée | by Jean-Louis Gassée | Nov, 2020 | Monday Note](https://mondaynote.com/pc-life-after-apple-silicon-a96861f58442?ref=birchtree.me)

> Over the years, Microsoft’s adoption of ARM has been tentative.Windows RT, a version of Windows 8 running on 32-bit ARM hardware introduced in 2011, didn’t “take”. In 2016, Microsoft announced a partnership with Qualcomm to run 32-bit Windows software on ARM architecture hardware. In 2019, Microsoft shipped the Surface Pro X, followed by a 2020 version that promised to finally run native 64-bit Windows software.

The difference in how Apple and Microsoft have moved to ARM-based machines could not be more different. Apple has clearly made more progress and with much better results in one year than Microsoft has in the past 8.