Comment on Microsoft says “Prism” translation layer does for Arm PCs what Rosetta did for Macs

• JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fair enough, but to the end user it doesn’t matter if it works.

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  • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    to the end user it doesn’t matter if it works.

    Emulation is always slower and eats more battery. Microsoft’s laziness is proof they don’t care about that hardware, so may just as well buy an iPad Pro instead.

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    • n2burns@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Emulation is almost always slower and eats more battery.

      FTFY. There have been some cases where emulation actually outperforms native execution, though these might be, “the exceptions that prove the rule.” For example, in the early days of World of Warcraft, it actually ran better on WINE on Linux than natively on Windows.

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      • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        For example, in the early days of World of Warcraft, it actually ran better on WINE on Linux than natively on Windows.

        WINE literally stands for “WINE Is Not an Emulator”.

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