The janky animation was so off putting I never managed to actually watch that movie.

This kind of shit is why i noped out of the digital forensics field. I would have killed myself if I had to see that shit everyday.

LOL I thought the same thing, plus they don’t actually look all that great they look like shitty pre-made gas station doughnuts so they are mediocre at best.

Microsoft it the best ad for linux.

They are trying hard to push people to linux.

Yeah its a shame they aren’t better manufacturers out there for this sort of market. Even first party hardware seems pretty trash these days long gone are the days when a boutique PC manufacturer would go out of their way to make something that stands out. Falcon Northwest is the last holdout I know of and even they are nothing like they used to be.

It’s not though, ARM themselves admit it. https://www.arm.com/glossary/risc.

“With RISC, a central processing unit (CPU) implements the processor design principle of simplified instructions that can do less but can execute more rapidly.”

None of this is to say RISC or by extension ARM is bad, just that where everything currently is it’s not a good choice for everyday computing. By design its as light weight and simple as possible so that it can perform its specific function faster and more efficiently with less overhead than a more general purpose processor.

Geeks for geeks has a good writeup on it.

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/computer-organization-risc-and-cisc/

The efficiency had better be good that’s specifically what the RISC (arm stands for Advanced RISC Machine) architecture was designed for but that’s also why its terrible for general purpose. ARM is also proprietary which always stifles progress because of licensing (greed). It’s one of the reasons that RISC-V is becoming popular despite being less efficient.

Why would you want an arm laptop? (legit question, not trying to be a dick) Compatibility is already going to be questionable since its running linux, adding a low power mobile focused processor would make it such a niche product it would be all but useless outside of web apps or bespoke software meant just for ARM PC’s (of which are very few).

Also System 76 does arm as well https://system76.com/desktops/thelio-astra-a1-n1/configure

They are very purpose built because ARM is not the best at general purpose PC use so it’s generally only used in PC’s when specifically needed or asked for.

“finally” as if system 76 doesn’t already exist.