Message from @bentech
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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?
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™
see: chromebooks