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Microsoft sabotaged their ARM ecosystem decades ago with their restrictive policies. The reality is that getting most Windows applications to run on ARM will b
by wvenable 3y ago
Microsoft sabotaged their ARM ecosystem decades ago with their restrictive policies. The reality is that getting most Windows applications to run on ARM will be as simple as a re-compile. If Windows on ARM is unsuccessful it won't be due to technical issues but rather social ecosystem issues.
- wtallis 3y agoAs simple as a recompile, which is not simple at all when you have a ton of third-party dependencies that are closed-source. Some applications will have (or already had) an easy time porting, while others will be forever stuck in x86 DLL hell.
- wvenable 3y agoARM64EC is one of Microsoft's mediation to this. It allows incremental porting of applications to ARM.
- TiredOfLife 3y agoThe reality is that getting most Windows applications to run on ARM will be as simple as simply running them
- faeriechangling 3y agoNever had all that much of an issue running pretty much anything with Arm Windows on Apple Silicon.