He’s right that Windows’ ARM story is still a mess in the absence of anything remotely resembling Rosetta 2. I am looking forward to Qualcomm laptops running Linux, however.
As for dismissing Qualcomm’s performance claims, the big difference is Qualcomm bought Nuvia, which was started by Gerard Williams, the brains behind Apple Silicon, and indeed Apple’s progress since Williams left has been lackluster and mostly due to process improvements, so Gruber is being both churlish and complacent there.
He’s right that Windows’ ARM story is still a mess in the absence of anything remotely resembling Rosetta 2. I am looking forward to Qualcomm laptops running Linux, however.
As for dismissing Qualcomm’s performance claims, the big difference is Qualcomm bought Nuvia, which was started by Gerard Williams, the brains behind Apple Silicon, and indeed Apple’s progress since Williams left has been lackluster and mostly due to process improvements, so Gruber is being both churlish and complacent there.