The Mac vs. PC struggle simply took an surprising flip
He’s nonetheless regarded as the “I’m a Mac” man by many, however Justin Long has been working with everybody however Apple lately — Huawei, Intel, and now Qualcomm. In a shock 30-second video proven throughout Qualcomm’s Computex keynote, Long was caught looking for a Snapdragon-powered PC to exchange his MacEbook.
In the unique Apple TV commercials broadcast nearly twenty years in the past, Long’s “Mac guy” character teased John Hodgman’s “PC guy” character about the whole lot Macs might do higher than PCs. The saga continued when Apple acquired Hodgman again to speak concerning the M1 chips in 2020, and Intel responded by hiring Long to mock Apple’s Touch Bar in 2021.
In this new skit, the “Mac guy” spots us watching him search “Where can I find a snapdragon powered PC?” — and all he has to say is, “What? Things change.”
It’s a pleasant line, saying that it’s now the PC man’s flip to win the struggle. Long’s return is a enjoyable and surprising sight, and the proper solution to present that the Mac-PC struggle is 100% again on.
During the video, Long swipes at annoying macOS notifications warning him about app incompatibility and battery — implying that the brand new Snapdragon-powered Windows on Arm PCs anticipate to outdo the competitors in these areas. And certainly, Microsoft has launched loads of claims and benchmarks for the new Copilot+ PCs in current weeks.
In phrases of app compatibility, plenty of massive names have already recompiled their apps for ARM, together with Zoom, Adobe Lightroom, and Google Chrome. Overall, Microsoft says it expects 90% of all person time to be spent on native apps. As for the remainder, Microsoft is assured that its emulator app, Prism, is simply as environment friendly as Apple’s Rosetta 2.
As for battery life, Microsoft confirmed the brand new Surface Copilot+ PC survive 16 hours and 56 minutes of internet searching, doubling the try of one among its Intel-based predecessors.
June 18th is the discharge date for numerous the brand new Copilot+ PCs, together with the brand new Surface laptop computer, so we solely have to attend somewhat longer to search out out whether or not this struggle is actually about to get fascinating once more.
