noob2222 :
^^ what about software compatibility <snipped>
that's a good point imo. arm needs a good, flagship os. according to my (rather newbie) observation, arm's market-dominating
consumer os is android and it's already at windows level for malware writers. what i am trying to say is that android is already at the level microsoft was with windows and i don't mean that as a compliment. that is a good way to spin against arm. android's fragmentation also gets in the way. not to mention it's pretty much google's glorified data mining tool (microsoft is no better).
microsoft can run windows on arm (wart) but their core business is still based on x86, which they won't risk right now. apple has ios but they're too closed off. ironically, if anyone can offer a viable desktop os for arm, apple would be the best candidate. the ones that left are firefox os and tizen/meego/whatever-that-keeps-dying-and-hardware-companies-keep-renaming-and-then-abandoning os. supporting apple for arm would be the same as supporting intel.
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i don't see current PC (x86) software suddenly being taken over by their arm counterparts. public perception of arm is still angry birds i.e. synonymous with
casual and consumer devices. arm's business model also prevents anyone(of it's partners) to stand out in a significant way.
so as good as arm hardware, uarch and software is, it'll take a Lot more than that to pry pcs off of general public. technology and business are different. too bad (for arm) that even current low end pcs (that's dual core cpus, you haters
😛) and laptops are capable for general populace (i.e. pcs they already own) and they will be quite unwilling to part with them. instead arm will stay as complementary portable device for the forseeable future.
however. if arm armada can keep people interested in tablets a little while longer, like 2-4 years while arm 64bit and process tech advance, tablets will have the best chance to replace all pcs.