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Out of all of the exciting news coming from Redmond this past year, this has somehow taken the cake for me. In 2013, even suggesting Windows on Raspberry Pi cou

by hfaran 12y ago

Out of all of the exciting news coming from Redmond this past year, this has somehow taken the cake for me. In 2013, even suggesting Windows on Raspberry Pi could be a possibility would've gotten you laughed out of the room, and for it now to be actually happening made me take more than a few double-takes.

anom9999 12y ago
It's not that surprising news. NT has supported ARM for a few years now and the Raspberry Pi 2 is a pretty beefy board - all things considered.
- joosters 12y ago
  Actually Microsoft seemed to be backing away from ARM support. They have abandoned Windows 10 for existing Windows RT devices, for instance.
  - egil 12y ago
    That is probably because Surface RT has pretty much been rejected by the market. There is no business in beating a dead horse.
sjogress 12y ago
At least in my group of friends this was joked about as late as yesterday. Definitely impressive of Microsoft and the RPI guys. I'm looking forward to trying it out for myself.
supercoder 12y ago
I dunno, Windows has always seemed to enjoy running on cheap hardware.
- psykovsky 12y ago
  Linux also. From the consumer market, only OS X/iOS demands over-priced hardware to run.
  - threeseed 12y ago
    Premium not over-priced. I am still yet to find any laptop with the build or trackpad quality of any of the MacBooks.
    - tormeh 12y ago
      Thinkpads have better build quality (but crappy trackpads). Macbook's cases feel nice but they're brittle.
      - mahyarm 12y ago
        Are you talking about the metal aluminum cases? Some of the most durable laptops i've had.
    - psykovsky 12y ago
      Sorry, but since the move to Intel it isn't "premium", it's just over-priced.
reitanqild 12y ago
Somewhat unrelated: I ended up googling "take the cake", - I never heard that in English before but it seems it has a long history: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/take-the-cake.html http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/take-the-cake.html

by hfaran 12y ago

anom9999 12y ago

It's not that surprising news. NT has supported ARM for a few years now and the Raspberry Pi 2 is a pretty beefy board - all things considered.

joosters 12y ago
Actually Microsoft seemed to be backing away from ARM support. They have abandoned Windows 10 for existing Windows RT devices, for instance.
- egil 12y ago
  That is probably because Surface RT has pretty much been rejected by the market. There is no business in beating a dead horse.

sjogress 12y ago

At least in my group of friends this was joked about as late as yesterday. Definitely impressive of Microsoft and the RPI guys. I'm looking forward to trying it out for myself.

supercoder 12y ago

I dunno, Windows has always seemed to enjoy running on cheap hardware.

psykovsky 12y ago
Linux also. From the consumer market, only OS X/iOS demands over-priced hardware to run.
- threeseed 12y ago
  Premium not over-priced. I am still yet to find any laptop with the build or trackpad quality of any of the MacBooks.
  - tormeh 12y ago
    Thinkpads have better build quality (but crappy trackpads). Macbook's cases feel nice but they're brittle.
    - mahyarm 12y ago
      Are you talking about the metal aluminum cases? Some of the most durable laptops i've had.
  - psykovsky 12y ago
    Sorry, but since the move to Intel it isn't "premium", it's just over-priced.

reitanqild 12y ago

Somewhat unrelated: I ended up googling "take the cake", - I never heard that in English before but it seems it has a long history: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/take-the-cake.html http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/take-the-cake.html