Subj : Microsoft Win10 ARM
To   : Jagossel
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Oct 26 2018 09:56 am

  Re: Microsoft Win10 ARM
  By: Jagossel to Nightfox on Fri Oct 26 2018 08:39 am

 >> I've heard Microsoft has been working on a version of Win10 that runs
 >> on ARM but I don't know of any such devices on the market yet.  I
 >> thought it was st in development, and that PC makers were still
 >> working on ARM-based Windows devices.

 Ja> That wasn't the impression that I got years ago. I thought with Windows 8,
 Ja> they did come up with an ARM version of Windows, and it was called
 Ja> "Windows 8 RT", and was not well received by the consumers and Microsoft
 Ja> scraped the idea pretty quickly when Windows 8.1 was released (or at least
 Ja> pulled it off the market pretty quickly).

Windows 8 RT was a separate thing.  It did run on ARM, but the problem was that
it only ran the new-style Windows "Metro" apps, which people didn't find
useful.  I think people also found it confusing, since it was a version of
Windows that didn't run any of the regular Windows desktop software. So it
didn't sell well and it was pulled off the market.  Microsoft is trying again
with this ARM verson of Windows 10 though.  This new ARM Windows 10 has the
desktop interface and will run desktop Windows software, and even includes an
x86 emulator for compatibility so it can run 32-bit Intel software on ARM.

Nightfox

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