Early reviews of the Surface Pro X suggest that Microsoft’s new $1000 tablet looks great, gets decent battery life, and performs well… when you’re running apps that have been ported to run on Windows devices with ARM-based processors. Things slow down a bit when you want to run 32-bit x86 apps, because emulation is required. […]
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Mozilla released Firefox beta for Windows 10 on ARM
Microsoft recently announced that it was working with Google to port Chromium to run natively on ARM64 architecture, which means that in addition to the Microsoft Edge web browser, we could see Google Chrome and other related browsers running on Windows 10 Chromebooks with Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. But it looks like Mozilla got there first […]
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Microsoft releases tools for creating ARM64 apps for Windows
This year the first Windows 10 computers with ARM processors started shipping. They tend to be thin and light 2-in-1 tablets and convertible laptops with long battery life, fanless designs, and built-in support for 4G LTE. But they also have some limitations. They can run 32-bit or 64-bit apps compiled for ARM architecture, and they […]
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Windows on ARM is getting 64-bit app support… and a Linux subsystem
The first Windows 10 PCs with ARM devices started shipping recently, and they really do run a version of Windows that looks nearly identical to what you’d see on a computer with an Intel or AMD processor. The only catch is limited app support. Today you can use Windows on ARM to run 32-bit applications […]
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Windows on ARM64 will support Win32 apps through emulation, but native apps can be compiled for ARM64 too
45 Comments on Windows on ARM64 will support Win32 apps through emulation, but native apps can be compiled for ARM64 tooNext year Microsoft plans to roll out a version of Windows 10 that will let you run classic Windows apps on a device with a 64-bit ARM-based processors including the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip. This would hardly be the first version of Windows for ARM, but it is expected to be one of the […]
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Rumor: Windows 10 will add x86 emulation on ARM64 chips in late 2017
One of the best reasons to consider a Windows smartphone like the Lumia 950 or HP Elite x3 is the Continuum for Phone feature, which allows you to connect a keyboard, mouse, and display and use your phone like a desktop PC. But right now there’s one major problem: you can’t run Windows programs developed […]