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jser on Jan 8, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Economist on Intel versus ARM

Unfortunately, Economist fails to mention that Windows was once ported to Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC -- all RISC processors.

melling on Jan 8, 2012 [–]

These were to run Windows. The tablet is a different well-defined market. I'd run a MIPS desktop but most people won't.

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