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Microsoft: Desktop apps will run on Windows 8 on ARM
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 09/20/2011 07:09 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
All About Microsoft published a story that Windows 8 Desktop apps will also run on ARM PCs and tablets after a recompile
Microsoft officials have been saying for months that existing x86 applications won’t just run on Windows on ARM; they will need to be recompiled. Microsoft is hoping and expecting that the majority of devs will go to the trouble of “Metro-izing” their apps while they are recompiling them to run on Windows 8 on ARM. However, that is guidance, and not a requirement.
I saw a screen shot of the Win 8 ARM tablets being shown at Build that was sporting a Desktop tile over at ThisIsMyNext. It looks just like the Start screen on Windows 8 on the Intel i5-based Samsung tablets given to Build attendees (a screen shot of which is below, courtesy of my ZDNet colleague Ed Bott). Tapping the Desktop tile/accessing the Desktop “app” takes a user to the classic Windows mode.
I saw a screen shot of the Win 8 ARM tablets being shown at Build that was sporting a Desktop tile over at ThisIsMyNext. It looks just like the Start screen on Windows 8 on the Intel i5-based Samsung tablets given to Build attendees (a screen shot of which is below, courtesy of my ZDNet colleague Ed Bott). Tapping the Desktop tile/accessing the Desktop “app” takes a user to the classic Windows mode.
Microsoft: Desktop apps will run on Windows 8 on ARM
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