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The value of Windows is to run three decades of legacy Windows applications. (four decades of MS-DOS) Being able to run those still represents an actual (but declining) value.

Also the value of Intel is all that legacy software. Without the legacy software, Intel could be just another ARM or RISC V competitor.



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