• Defaced@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Whoever can make a compatibility layer that successfully translates x86/64 to arm and vice versa and make it widely available will be a major player in the market. Valve has already somewhat done something similar with proton and Apple with Rosetta 2.

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        1 year ago

        Gord forbid those binaries want to do any actual work though…

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            1 year ago

            Windows on ARM will run x86 binaries. But if these binaries require any real processing power, they choke or run really really slowly.

            • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world
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              1 year ago

              I guess it depends on how you define “real processing power”. I run Windows on Arm on my Mac Studio through Parallels. I installed Steam and played Civ 4 and it’s great. Sure, it’s an old game but it runs smoothly.