Reply to post: okay lets run the numbers

Hello 'WOS': Windows on Arm now has a price

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okay lets run the numbers

1. Device made my lenovo, well that is a minus straight away

2. ARM by Qualcomm, another minus

3. Runs windows, multiple minus due to slurp, lack of security, binary incompatability I could go on but you get the idea

4. Price, oops another minus, you can pick up a laptop case and SOC with the same RAM and fast secondary storage for a quater of the retail price of this

5. Move away from Intel, that should be a a big plus

Overall the idea is good but the implementation and implimentor leave much to be desired, windows was designed for x86 and that means that unless it is nolonger actually windows then you are shooting yourself in the foot.

Personally I would suggest that using say Armbian with a x86 emulator on a fast ARM SOC with lots of primary and secondary storage in a full laptop case is going to be a better investment certainly you can make your own right now for less than this product and you just have to pay the once rather than everytime you use it or even just have it connected to the web.

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