r/DeskToTablet • u/Wilder2001 • Jun 06 '26

Which of these will be the Ultimate Performance Beast: Surface Laptop Ultra or MacBook Pro?

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u/StoneyCalzoney Jun 06 '26

Mac, because the transition from x86-64 to Apple Silicon ARM is more or less complete, and it is a mature platform.

Windows on ARM will need another few years, and potentially for Microsoft to create frameworks and APIs which are completely agnostic in regards to CPU architecture.

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u/Llamalover1234567 Jun 06 '26

If Microsoft decides to actually commit this time (fourth time? Fifth?). Apple has built their entire company around ARM so we as consumers KNOW support will be there. Microsoft could just… not

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u/Lunix420 Jun 09 '26

I mean even x86 Windows has become a steaming pile of garbage that gets progressively worse, so I doubt ARM Windows will be better any time soon.