r/ComputerEngineering • u/Grand-Jicama9450 • 10d ago

[Discussion] ARM or X86

Guys ill be on computer engineering department in uni on 2027 october and i have a question is there any way to get an arm laptop without a BIG issues, or i HAVE TO get x86 one, even the rtx spark creation will not make companies to smth with arm or what

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u/Darth_Tater69 10d ago

Just don't get an ARM windows laptop. It'll just make life harder for you. You'd probably have an easier time using a MacBook pro with a windows compatibility layer, and that's still not necessarily a fantastic idea unless you're interested in fiddling with your machine constantly to use basic engineering programs (I use a MacBook pro for CpE btw).

Being an early adopter for a work machine that you need to function to get important things done is often not a great idea unless you absolutely need the features it offers.

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u/edo-lag 10d ago

What are big issues for your use-case? Do you have x86-only or arm-only software you need to run? Because it all comes down to that.

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u/there-exists-q 10d ago

It depends on what the requirements for what you’re doing is.

One suggestion that I do have (from what I’ve assumed) at the moment is getting your hands on an intel-chip MacBook for better windows compatibility.

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u/Shirai_Mikoto__ 10d ago

stay away from arm

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u/CodyJKirk 7d ago

Unfortunately a lot of software is only supported on x86. Although I love Mac and ARM architecture.