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Windows RT was only allowed to run Metro apps. We'll see how much of x86 we're allowed to run when we get our hands on it.

• jamesgeck0 9y ago
  "Allowed" is a funny way of phrasing this. The technology Microsoft has built to run x86 Windows apps on ARM didn't exist when Windows RT was released.
  • khedoros1 9y ago
    I think that "allowed" is correct. A developer couldn't just recompile their desktop-style app into an ARM binary for RT, for example. They'd refuse to run, and not because of the CPU architecture. The only way to get third-party apps was through the Windows store, which only supports Metro apps. Metro apps had a limited API available to them.
    • dingo_bat 9y ago
      I think the store now supports win32 binaries too.
      • khedoros1 9y ago
        Might now. Didn't in Windows RT.