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• Making Windows 11 on Arm less obnoxious

  Posted on March 20, 2023 at 02:45 CDT by Mary Branscombe • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 20.12 • 2023-03-20

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Mary Branscombe

  If you’re running Windows on Arm, you really want to be running Windows 11 rather than Windows 10.

  Not only is it the only way to get Windows 11–specific features such as running Android apps or tabs in Notepad, but — crucially for Arm devices — it’s the only way to get 64-bit emulation or the native ARM64 .NET Framework. 64-bit emulation was previewed in an Insider build of Win10, but it shipped only in Win11.

  If you want to run apps such as the most recent version of Photoshop or Signal on your Arm PC, you need Windows 11 to do it. That’s annoying if you find the new Windows 11 user interface as frustrating as I do.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.12.0, 2023-03-20).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Windows 11 ARM, Newsletters, User Interface, Windows 11, Windows on ARM

• Will you be able to run Windows on an Arm processor?

  Posted on June 13, 2022 at 02:43 CDT by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

  SILICON

  

  By Brian Livingston

  The computing scene is up in arms, so to speak, about the latest Arm technology.

  Arm — which began as an acronym but is now more like a religion — is the technology that powers the latest Apple Macs, but it’s made only slight inroads into Windows machines due to software incompatibilities.

  Whether or not you know anything about Arm, you’re probably already using it. Arm-based systems tend to have much lower power requirements than systems using more complex central processing units, such as Intel processors.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.24.0, 2022-06-13).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Silicon ARM, AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Silicon, Windows, Windows on ARM

• The former head of Windows: “Mac will be the ultimate developer PC”

  Posted on June 26, 2020 at 14:28 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I don’t quote Steve Sinofsky very often, but he just posted this on Twitter – and it rings very true.

  Steve Troughton-Smith:

  I really hope the ARM transition is what gets Apple’s Mac lineup to 120Hz, Face ID & touch. There are so many things we take for granted on iOS that make macOS feel broken without them, and with the convergence of the software and hardware it feels like those are closer than ever

  Sinofsky:

  It will. Guaranteed. In two years there is only ARM hardware and in 4 Intel will be ancient memory. The ecosystem will have rolled over. And Mac will be the ultimate developer PC. iPad will be used for more and more “work”. PS yes a computer without touch is broken.

  Yes, this is the Steve Sinofsky who started on Excel development, ran the Office side of things for many years, then shifted over to lead the team that finished Windows 7 and created Windows 8. Yes, that Windows 8.

  I rarely, rarely find myself agreeing with SteveSi on anything. But in this case, I think he’s right.

  (Don’t tell Steve I said, that, OK?)

  Apple ARM

• Windows 10 on ARM

  Posted on May 11, 2017 at 16:05 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Looks like we’re going to see Windows 10 running on Snapdragon chips by the end of the year.

  This is a fascinating presentation:

  https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/P4171

  Windows 10 on Snapdragon/ARM chips will run Win32 apps through a “X86 Win32 emulation layer,” which is surprisingly fast. Watch at the five minute mark forward.

  Windows News ARM, Windows 10

• Windows 10 on ARM – what does it mean?

  Posted on December 8, 2016 at 18:48 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Excellent summary of the situation from Wes Miller, getwired.com.

  This really is one of the most important developments in recent Windows history.

  Windows News ARM

• The chip times are a-changin’

  Posted on October 30, 2013 at 19:42 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Intel’s going to manufacture a fancy ARM chip, but the situation’s not as simple as you might think.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch

  Other ARM, Intel

• What IT should know about Windows 8

  Posted on September 26, 2011 at 19:42 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  With two interfaces on two platforms, the four combinations present some significant challenges, not just to Microsoft.

  I think this article covers a lot of new – surprising – ground. InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News ARM, Metro, Windows 8

• Will Windows 8 run x86 apps on ARM tablets — or not?

  Posted on September 21, 2011 at 07:38 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  There’s still a lot of confusion, but I don’t think there’s any doubt that “legacy” Windows 7 apps won’t, in general, run on the Desktop interface, for Windows 8 ARM (think “tablet”) machines.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News ARM, legacy apps, Windows 8