logoalt Hacker News

hirvi74today at 12:59 AM0 repliesview on HN

> Microsoft explicitly tuned Windows 11 to extract the absolute best performance from the new silicon architecture.

My lie detector is going off.

> The containment features sandbox local agents like Hermes and OpenClaw so they cannot interfere with your core operating system.

Wait, isn't that kind of the point of using local agents like OpenClaw? I thought people wanted the agents accessing all kinds of applications, files, etc.?

> Legacy application compatibility is equally crucial. Microsoft optimized the Prism emulation layer specifically for the new microarchitecture. Prism utilizes the raw power of the silicon and recent AVX and AVX2 instruction set extensions to run older x86 applications smoothly under emulation.

Okay, this is pretty nice. I'll give Microsoft credit for this one. It might save my company a lot of heartache one day in the near future.

All in all, this rig is going to be quite expensive. In a lot of ways, it probably is better than a MacBook Pro. However, as a diehard Apple fanboy, it is not enough for me to consider the jump.