For Microsoft, it’s Haswell that ends well
Intel’s new Haswell chip debuted earlier this month along with a volley of new devices packing the processor. This is the 14-inch Razer Blade gaming laptop.
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Throughout their history, Intel and the x86 architecture for which it is known have played a pivotal role in the platform war between Apple and Microsoft.
IBM’s decision to use Intel chips for the original IBM PC led to Microsoft supporting that landmark computer, and Windows grew on the back of backward compatibility with DOS apps that ran on those chips. Years before Windows RT, which runs on ARM…
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