The performance issues weren't locked in by their exclusive deal with Qualcomm?
I mean, sure there were other issues, they can call it "Windows" all they like, just like switching mac from PPC to Intel to ARM is still MacOS/OSX. Even if not everything is 100% compatible over time. That they made other dumb decisions doesn't make it less so.
Much like ARM on Linux doesn't run everything out of the box, doesn't make it not Linux.
I mean, sure there were other issues, they can call it "Windows" all they like, just like switching mac from PPC to Intel to ARM is still MacOS/OSX. Even if not everything is 100% compatible over time. That they made other dumb decisions doesn't make it less so.
Much like ARM on Linux doesn't run everything out of the box, doesn't make it not Linux.