Not Windows on ARM PCs though. Google doesn't support the platform.
Nobody uses ARM Windows PCs. Those are Mac and Chromebook. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...rch believes that Arm,same quarter a year ago.
Nobody uses ARM for now. Now that Qualcomm and nVidia have jumped into the ARM arena, that will change. If Intel keeps blowing ARM off, it will get kicked in the junk.
I suspect that Windows itself will become less popular in general. It will become something for work only since nobody needs it for personal use other than for gaming. Gaming will probably adapt to Steam Deck and similar handheld devices, so nobody will need a PC for personal use in the home.
Doubtful. Nadella has done a great job at keeping Microsoft relevant. He learned some hard lessons when he dumped Windows Phone.
Other than for business purposes, what else requires Windows?
I think handheld devices like Steam Deck will replace PC gaming, especially with Nvidia and AMD pricing GPUs so high that they are unaffordable to gamers. Also, both of those companies are more into AI than gaming.
Unlikely. There is also image and video editing, which is best done on a PC (either Windows or Mac). Phones and tablets are powerful, but they still haven't reached the level of performance laptops and desktops. Because even ARM CPUs require cooling. The more powerful the CPU the more heat it generates. That heat has to be dissipated. Storage is another factor; both in capacity and heat generation. Sure, cloud storage is great, but it is slow and if you get dropped offline, you lose access. Then there is battery capacity. The more powerful the CPU the more power it needs. More power capacity also generates heat and requires more space.
Graphic artists, photographers, and musicians typically use Mac, not PC, and have no use for Windows. ARM will help Apple, but Microsoft will become what IBM is, associated only with corporate use. Microsoft is too late to the party, just like they were with phones.
That is actually more a myth than a fact. Macs have been hyped up as better for image and photo editing, but that is not true. Windows PCs are predominate in pretty much every market. Microsoft has already made Windows and M365 for ARM. As Qualcomm, Nvidia, Samsung, et. al. produce more CPUs, more OEMs like Samsung, Dell, Asus, et. al., will produce more laptops and desktops to use them. Microsoft will be right there with Windows. Furthermore, as more ARM devices get produced, the program and app developers will update their products to support ARM. Microsoft, under Nadella, has adapted pretty quickly. It's even jumped into Linux by providing support for it through WSL. It has jumped into Android with WSA. Like I said, Windows is not going anywhere, it will evolve like it always has.
Yeah, I'm looking forward to the day when I can ditch my high end gaming PC so that I can play games on low settings on my Steam Deck.
It's because of the likes of Google they don't, the software must come first.
Then why did Apple both porting ARMto their PC line?
Firstly you frame business use like a small sector.
I only use windows for work. I actually use Linux on my computer for gaming
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