Shifting Apps To ARM Chips Could Save Laptop Batteries

An anonymous reader writes "When is an Intel PC not an Intel PC? When it moves applications such as Internet browsing and email on to an ARM processor because it can get longer battery life. And according to a story at EE Times, this hybrid Intel-ARM processor approach is being taken by PC makers as prominent as Dell. The problem for Intel: Why would you switch out of 'all-day' mode and use the Intel processor? The problem for ARM: lacking support from Microsoft for Windows; the applications it runs for the PC have to do so under Linux."

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And this is how Linux will win.

[B5_geek]

And this is how Linux will win. Not with a bang but a whimper. Embedded appliances, dedicated purpose applications, and multi-platform compatibility.

Firefox, Thunderbird, and (hopefully) soon KDE.

MS users who don't know any better, will win this for us.

Geeks like us have already dominated the server-side of the Linux equation, now fools will win the desktop for us.

ARM notebook

[ChristTrekker]

Funny...I read the story and was going to ask on this thread, "Where could I get an ARM-based laptop to run Linux on?" All day on a battery would be fantastic.