Subj : Windows 10 ARM
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Jul 18 2020 11:35:17

  Re: Windows 10 ARM
  By: Nightfox to Moondog on Fri Jul 17 2020 09:40 am

 >   Re: Windows 10 ARM
 >   By: Moondog to Nightfox on Thu Jul 16 2020 08:52 pm
 >
 >  >> I haven't seen Windows 10 for ARM myself.  But I imagine they may get
 >  >> it to
 >
 >  Mo> From what I recall breading about it, it was a stripped down version
 >  Mo> for industrial or IoT stuff. Instead of a full desktop, it would be
 >  Mo> more of a simplified GUI and only the services needed to perform it's
 >  Mo> designated task. For example, a touch panel controlling a climate
 >  Mo> control system or an ATM machine could run off an ARM system and not
 >  Mo> need all the services neded for a desktop system or server to function.
 >
 > Interesting..  I've heard about devices like Microsoft's Surface Pro X,
 > which sounds like it's aimed at consumers and has Windows 10 for ARM with a
 > regular desktop:
 > https://zd.net/393xtCW
 > Full URL: https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-on-arm-what-you-need-to-k
 > now-before-yo u-buy-a-surface-pro-x/

Yup, so Windows 10 on ARM is a thing:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/arm/
In theory, Synchronet would even run (on an emulated 32-bit x86 processor,
apparently) - maybe even 16-bit DOS doors!

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