Windows 8 opens door to new chipmakers
http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/16/technology/windows_8_chipmakers/index.htm
With the introduction of Windows 8, one event changed. It is no longer a Wintel focus but rather others.. ARM chipset has been well known for performance and battery and knocks Intel in many way shape and form. To see that it is open to them was a big change.
Though it is very welcomes and embraced, it is going to be an issue for me and the health care industry.
One obvious point is the software compatibility. "It's certainly going to be an uphill battle for the ARM group, since most legacy Windows applications won't be supported on that architecture."
If you can't run software, it is not going to work for the healthcare industry
Another point is most equipments for healthcare are manufacturer specific and tested. To change architecture changes more than just the vendor. So the transition is not a good thing nor accepted.
What is important that competition is good thing but you have to ensure what you are betting (and investing on) is going to work!
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