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Prime Chipset and Windows 8
- Yes, Windows 8 will have an ARM version.
No, the Prime will probably not be able to boot it (because it has an Android bootloader / ROM instead of a PC one).
No, Microsoft has said not to expect Office and other regular apps to work on ARM Windows 8. Only Windows 8 "Metro style" apps should be expected to work.
However there are several Office apps for Android...11-11-2011 05:14 PMLike 0 - I have a feeling there will be some 3rd party dev support on this tablet, with the motivation of windows/android both on one device. But we will see how it works out...11-12-2011 04:11 PMLike 0
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I have yet to see anywhere official where MS says Win8 will NOT support legacy apps on ARM, though I haven't seen them say if apps will need to be recompiled or Windows will handle it via an emulator or what--maybe they are still working on all of that.
Nonetheless, I would fully expect all MS software to be compatible with Win8 on ARM.11-13-2011 03:54 PMLike 0 -
- Yes, but then at BUILD they said it was only a "technology demonstration", that the ARM version of Windows will only run "metro style" applications, not desktop apps like Office.
Microsoft planning to market Windows 8 ARM in a unique way, different naming? | WinRumors
Now, it's possible of course that Microsoft could release "metro style" Office for both ARM and x86. It would look and work differently from Office as it is currently known.11-13-2011 05:13 PMLike 0 -
- It's not just a recompile though. Creating a "metro style" app requires using a whole different set of APIs and development methods.
Current indications are that Microsoft won't even try shipping Windows 8 on ARM until the middle of 2013.11-30-2011 11:21 PMLike 0
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