x86 outdates arm

are you sure?

first x86 cpu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_8086

1978

of course instruictons for that wouldnt work today on modern cpus but you get the point

they would

that's most people's gripe with x86

it completely bloated

with all the old instructions

most are completely pointless or slow as tits

but they are there

yte pretty much

but why are x86 harder to make then?

licensing

because you have to be amd or intel

So the only reason x86 exists is legacy stuff?

oh

intel invented it

amd got to use it because they made x86-64

and intel decided to trade them for it basically

So wait is ARM used in servers?

there's been attempts at it

but none truly sucessful

I was always under the impression x86 is more complicated

except in specalist roles

e.g

routing

there's also https://riscv.org/ which is gaining steam

So... x86 can generally work on broader tasks, while ARM is more specialised?

do I understand that correctly?

are ARM laptops worth buying then?

but i woudln't say arm or x86 are more specalized than either

it's just that all the arm chip manuifactures have had to specialize because intel dominates everytihng

and you cant compete

What?

You shouldn't answer that with yes, Ben

that is tru

but yeah arm laptops can be worth buying

e.g if you want to just fuck around

arm laptops are worth it if everything you do can be done in a browser

or want to be Always Connected™