The first Windows 10 PCs with ARM-based chips are coming soon… like real soon. Lenovo, HP, and Asus have all unveiled convertible notebooks or 2-in-1 tablets featuring Windows 10 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processors, and now Qualcomm has announced that the first of those devices will be available “beginning this calendar quarter.” In other words, […]
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Microsoft explains some things that Windows 10 on ARM won’t do
The first Windows 10 computers with ARM-based chips are coming soon, including the Asus NovaGo, HP Envy x2, and Lenovo Miix 630. While these won’t be the first devices with ARM-based chips to run something called Windows, they’re different from Windows phones or Windows RT devices in that they’ll run a full-fledged desktop version of […]
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Hacker gets Windows 10 up and running on a Raspberry Pi 3 (sort of)
The Raspberry Pi line of computers can run a wide range of software including a variety of GNU/Linux distributions and Google Android. But while Microsoft’s Windows 10 IoT Core can also run on a Raspberry Pi, there’s officially no way to run a full-fledged desktop version of Windows on the tiny, low-power computer. Unofficially though… […]
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This is what Windows RT looks like on a Lumia 640 XL phone
Windows RT may be a dead platform, but it is a desktop version of Microsoft Windows designed to run on computers with ARM-based processors. So it’s not all that surprising that one of the first things people started to do after WP Internals 2.3 made it possible to flash custom ROMs on Lumia smartphones was to try […]
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Windows 10 on ARM ported to run on Lumia smartphone
The first Windows 10 laptops and tablets with ARM-based processors are set to hit the market this spring, but at least one person has already figured out how to load Windows 10 onto an old phone that had originally shipped with Window Phone software. Gustave M. from InsideWindows has posted a picture of a Lumia 830 […]
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Hands-on with the Asus NovaGo (and is Windows on ARM even a good idea?)
The Asus NovaGo is a convertible laptop with Windows 10 software, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, and a starting price of $599. It’s expected to ship sometime around May, which is when other new Windows on ARM computers (from HP and Lenovo) will probably hit the streets as well. When Microsoft announced it was bringing […]
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Hands-on with the Lenovo Miix 630 Windows 10 tablet with Snapdragon 835
The Lenovo Miix 630 is a Windows tablet with a 12.3 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display, 4GB of RAM, and at least 64GB of storage. It supports 4G LTE networks and gets up to 20 hours of battery life from a 48 Wh battery. Lenovo expects to start selling the Miix 630 in May […]
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Lenovo Miix 630 Windows tablet with Snapdragon 835 coming this spring for $800
Lenovo is launching its first Windows tablet powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The Miix 630 is a 2-in-1 tablet with a detachable backlit keyboard and pen support, much like the company’s Miix 520 and Miix 510 tablets. But the new model features a Snapdragon 835 processor for long battery life and always-connected 4G LTE […]
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HP introduces Envy x2 2-in-1 with Intel Core Y-series processor (in case you don’t want the Qualcomm Snapdragon model)
2 Comments on HP introduces Envy x2 2-in-1 with Intel Core Y-series processor (in case you don’t want the Qualcomm Snapdragon model)When HP unveiled the new Envy x2 2-in-1 tablet with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor last month, what the company didn’t tell you is that there are actually two versions of the Envy x2. One has that Qualcomm chip and runs a version of Windows designed for devices with ARM processors. The other has an […]
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Reports: Samsung and Xiaomi to launch Windows 10 on Snapdragon devices
Asus and HP are the first two companies to unveil upcoming Windows 10 computers powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processors. But we already know that Lenovo is working on its own Snapdragon-powered Windows PC. And now Fudzilla reports two more companies want in on that Windows-on-ARM action. Samsung and Xiaomi are both said to be working […]