… Microsoft followed up with the faster Surface 2, but retired Windows RT thereafter . While Windows 10 Mobile still runs on ARM hardware, Microsoft never released the kind of x86 emulation that would allow mobile ARM devices to access the full suite of Win32 applications -- until now. …
… While it's possible to deploy Windows 10 IoT Core to an RBP, the platform isn't really intended to work with the Windows 10 ecosystem. As of now, that's changed -- at least unofficially. Programmer José Manuel Nieto has rolled up a Windows-on-ARM WoA installer. …
… The focus on x86 hardware may also have been seen as a weakness for Windows 10X. ARM-based computing has become much more important in just the 18 months since that fateful Surface event. …
… All of AMD's discussions of tablets remain Windows-focused, which makes sense given their more limited resources. The x86 market may not face the ARM challenges from Windows RT that we once thought it might, but both Intel and AMD are pursuing new growth strategies in the face of the ARM threat. …
… Where are the Windows RT ARM tablets? Read more about Windows 8 , or the future of mobile computing Image credit: Engadget Opens in a new window
… Ceramic physical deposition process - photo from Wikipedia In other news, Samsung has quietly let slip the fact that it'll be building a Windows RT device. This comes on the heels of HP's cancellation of its own ARM-based Windows 8 solution, and is likely a reaction to that statement. …
… The gaps between Windows RT aka Windows on ARM and the x86 flavor are fairly limited. Microsoft's "hardware dependent" label is a bit misleading, given that all major GPUs from Intel, AMD, and Nvidia have offered hardware-accelerated support for H.264, VC-1, Flash, and DXVA for a number of years. …
… Windows Phone 7 and Windows Mobile didn't launch Microsoft back into market domination. If it wants to make world-class devices, it needs to leave the previous model behind. Indecision Microsoft's most well-known and successful hardware venture would undoubtedly be the Xbox line of game consoles. …