Editing Wintel (section)

== Modern usage of the term ==

In the strictest sense, ''"Wintel"'' refers only to computers that run Windows on an Intel processor. However, Wintel is now commonly used to refer to a system running a modern [[Microsoft]] operating system on any modern [[x86]]-compatible CPU, manufactured by either Intel or AMD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid1_gci213377,00.html |title=What is Wintel? - Definition from Whatis.com |publisher=Searchwinit.techtarget.com |date=2002-12-30 |access-date=2010-01-12}}</ref> That is because the [[Personal computer|PC]] applications that can run on an x86 [[Intel processor]] usually can run on an x86 [[List of AMD microprocessors|AMD processor]] too. 

In mid-October 2017, Microsoft announced that [[Windows 10]] on [[Qualcomm Snapdragon]] is at the final stage of testing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/microsoft-qualcomm-windows-10-snapdragon-arm-final-development-testing-1764511|title=Windows 10 Laptops With 'Multi-Day' Battery Life Due by December: Report|date=18 October 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/4-things-learned-microsofts-windows-10-snapdragon-laptops-today-3309055|title=Windows 10 on Snapdragon Laptops: Everything you need to know|date=21 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-in-final-stages-of-windows-10-snapdragon-pc-development/|title=Microsoft in final stages of Windows 10 Snapdragon PC development - ZDNet|first=Corinne|last=Reichert|website=[[ZDNet]] }}</ref> That would not be considered a ''"Wintel"''. Systems running a Microsoft operating system using an Intel processor based on the [[Itanium]] or [[ARM architecture]], despite the fact that the processor is manufactured by Intel, are also not considered to be a Wintel system.