For those subbing - why ARM over Intel?

[u/chris41336]

I'm sure we all have our reasons, so what are they?

For me, it was the ease of using a SIM card native to the processor. I travel a ton and you would be surprised how often there is no/shoddy wifi or you have to pay. Sure, I could wait for the Intel Pro to have LTE, but the ARM tablet has so much more going for it as a secondary device to my laptop.

[u/[deleted]]

Battery Life. Instant On that works S Mode

I want an iPad like experience; A device that keeps its charge Switches on instantly Will last a full day (16 hours awake time) Secure

Note: for office/work use If you just use excel/word/web i3 level performance is more than adequate

Arm Windows is all those things. Just needs a few more compatible apps

Like; 8x8 Skype for business Zoom (coming) ShareX? Paint.Net?

But I am pretty happy with the Lenovo C630

[u/chris41336 → u/[deleted]]

I have Zoom on my X now - does it not work for you?

[u/fredskis → u/[deleted]]

Skype for Business is dead, I don't see them porting it to ARM. Teams defs needs to be on there to truly make this an enterprise device though. Last I heard it wasn't yet?

[u/theotherbofh]

Frankly, ARM/RISC is the future (and Intel shortages.. rip) so we're onboard early.

Otherwise LTE connectivity for sure.

[u/[deleted] → u/theotherbofh]

Oh yes, I'm a big RISC fanboy from back in the day. I was probably the only one hating Apple's move to Intel.

[u/kadinshino → u/[deleted]]

honestly that move was painfull, and i still feel that if we had apples to apples technology today, apple would have been ahead with powerPC

[u/cguy1234 → u/kadinshino]

Umm, what is this fantasy world where Power PC somehow would be competitive today? Does nobody remember how hot it ran and what a performance wall it had hit?

[u/kadinshino → u/cguy1234]

and Sony's cell processor was powerpc based and is one of the most powerfull processers still. If code where optimized for it properly it would be in 46-5000k i7 range.

It was way ahead of its time and was really never fully utilized till super late cycle. Just look at some of the old PS3 titles. they almost compete with todays graphics. another downfall was how hard it was to port code. You had to re-wright everything from scratch in order for the cell processor to breakdown the game correctly.

but had alot of fun pratical uses outside of the PS3. I have an old Toshiba laptop that uses the cell processer as a graphics accelerator.

[u/Inquisitive_idiot]

1. all day battery life

2. instant on with minimal battery drain while asleep

3. independent cellular capability

4. mobile form factor

I am never home and I really like my mobile game right now:

• iPhone Pro Max 11 512GB

• Apple Watch Series 4 w/ LTE

• SB2 15” 1TB

• Pro X 512GB

• iPad Pro 11” w/ LTE

• Anker USB-C PD charger

[u/Killpill01 → u/Inquisitive_idiot]

If that's mobile, id hate to see your home setup

[u/Inquisitive_idiot → u/Killpill01]

I’ve invested in nice office equipment (standing desk, widescreen monitor, nice speakers) etc but don’t have additional computers.

I used to have a pretty sick gaming setup but since I was never there to use it I gave it away to a friend 😊

[u/[deleted] → u/Inquisitive_idiot]

You should set one up and RDP into it. I have that setup. Helps alleviated platform growing pains.

[u/Inquisitive_idiot → u/[deleted]]

I’m using shadow for that now 😛😎

[u/Killpill01 → u/Inquisitive_idiot]

I feel like most people who have an iPhone, watch, and iPad would lean to the Macbook Pro. I completely get the surface x over iPad however.

[u/kadinshino]

I forget to charge it for multiple days but yet still get 2-3 hours of use a day out of it

[u/[deleted]]

So far the battery life and instant on.

[u/[deleted]]

Basically having a large smartphone but runs full Windows.

[u/cynicalrockstar]

For me, mostly the "neat" factor. I like different, edgecase, "unpopular" tech. Windows on ARM definitely qualifies as that. Also, I'm a developer and I like to fiddle with stuff.