Microsoft Made an Arm-based Mac mini

Microsoft's Dev Kit running Windows on Arm shows commitment. But is it enough to dethrone Apple?

Microsoft has released its 2022 developer kit running a Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 (Microsoft SQ3 SoC) and they've done a lot of work to Windows to ensure full Arm compatibility and full suite support for Visual Studio 2022. It's clear Microsoft wants developers to port their x86 binaries to Arm, but the hardware is a bit... erm... underwhelming. Is 'fetch' going to happen?

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0:00 - HWAT?!
0:08 - Apple did a thing
3:27 - Microsoft did a thing, also
4:07 - Crack me open like a coconut
6:02 - Windows, but Arm
9:00 - Is it a disaster?
11:59 - Microsoft To Do (not the app)

[prashank]

Qualcomm seems to be singlehandedly holding back ARM progress on non-apple platforms.

[Maxlan]

The Qualcomm Microsoft exclusivity deal for arm is so frustrating. We could be so much further along if other chipmakers were allowed to develop arm chips for Windows, and maybe we'd even get an official version of Windows on MacOS again...

[Clarkzer]

Got a base M1 Mini to quickly test updates during development without having to rent a cloud m1, has been great for it's cost, and is capable of almost anything it's asked to do. Dont use it often, but 10000% my best experience with an Apple product.

[tuckercoffin]

I remember when people tested virtualized windows on the M1 and it ran better on M1 than it ran on the surface pro X and everyone was saying that it was because you cannot compare an M1 laptop to a tablet...
well look at that... it is still the case and now both are officially "computers".

[-aexc-]

also this devkit is not really meant for development development as you implied, it's more of a testing device for devs moving to arm. most development will probably gonna be happening on a different computer.

[satrioadi]

Ah Qualcomm, they never fail to disappoint everyone.

[bryans]

I bought an RT when they released and really liked it, but it was certainly limited due to lack of developer support. Sadly, the same thing happened to the Windows phone, which I also really liked.

[vmpgsc]

Yeah Win11 ARM running inside Parallels on my Macbook Pro M1 Max is pretty great - for the apps I use on Windows no problems and it's fast enough that I don't notice how fast or slow it is.

[Conzales]

Very informative and well put together video. Great job. Your channel is still the best at it, compressing a lot of testing work and research in a fun to watch and easy to understand video. Thx!

[Parris]

Always a treat when you see a new Snazzy labs video on your Youtube homepage!

[mohamedezawi]

I just appreciate your content and production. Even the sponsored part is fun and informative. Thank you.

[tareshk]

Using M2 mac since year as a IT developer. No performance lag with great battery life so far or feels like missing any features I need to use daily but witnessed few crashes like once in a month.

[Lord_Reset]

The absolute worst part about this is that I see it being achievable unlike some of the pie in the sky ambitions they have sometimes.
Fantastic video and a great breakdown

[jims-tek]

Windows on ARM has came a long way since it was originally introduced in 1996. It still had a ways to go but part of the comparison that makes the Qualcomm chip look bad is that Rosetta is built into the chip on the M1 which Microsoft hasn't baked the translation layer into the chip yet. In this case it is better that Apple has designed their own chip since they were able to do this.

[MrMgd]

Great insightful video! Thanks for explaining and helping me understand!

[OliverBerger]

You actually are the only person I like listening to giving kudos to their sponsors! Well done!

[Derpeusz]

I bought mini m1 16 gigs like last week, and I think it is still a great bang for a buck for computer like this. (Of course I bought it on black friday sale for a good price in my country)

[chriscalderon]

Firefox has arm support for windows, I use it in parallels on my Mac Studio.

[missingno]

6:20 i know its not windows 10 but that screenshot gave me memories of the windows 10 prereleases, back when the xbox app was extremely unfinished and the default wallpaper was a snowy one

[jwstech]

If Microsoft could even at this game with Apple, that would be great for the PC people as a whole. On a side note, have you heard about the Asahi project? They ported Linux over to the M1/M2 silicon and recently achieved hardware accelerated graphics through a reverse engineered driver. It would be cool if you cover at some point. Anyways quality video, Quinn.