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"One OS to rule them all" Nice try, Microsoft, misleading people into thinking that. But it's more like: 1) Windows 8 for x86 desktop systems 2) Windows 8 fo
by nextparadigms 15y ago
"One OS to rule them all"
Nice try, Microsoft, misleading people into thinking that. But it's more like:
1) Windows 8 for x86 desktop systems
2) Windows 8 for ARM (no native apps, and quite different)
3) Windows Phone for mobiles (based on Windows CE)
My question is why didn't they just make WP7 for tablets? I know Win8 wasn't ready, but from some videos I saw on TIMN of Win8 running on ARM tablets, it was clear that the dual core ones could barely handle it, and only the quad core Kal-el had more acceptable performance. I'm sure WP7 would've flied on those. Why did they have to port that whole 8 GB OS to ARM when it will have no legacy apps anyway?
- protomyth 15y ago> 2) Windows 8 for ARM (no native apps, and quite different) I think the article might of worded it badly, but their will be native ARM apps for W8 on ARM, but not x86 emulation. It pretty much is the same as Windows NT back in the day.