Microsoft Announces ARM-Powered Surface Pro X

Posted by aminecodes on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @10:48AM
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Re:Microsoft Announces ARM-Powered Surface Pro X by corv on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @01:12PM (#21138674)

This would make for a beautiful Linux device

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Re:Microsoft Announces ARM-Powered Surface Pro X by whywhywhywhy on Thursday October 03, 2019 @10:49AM (#21147632)

So no one going to talk about the removable hard drive?

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Re:Microsoft Announces ARM-Powered Surface Pro X by colejohnson66 on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @12:16PM (#21138107)

Didn’t Windows RT fail? I’m genuinely curious: what’s different here?

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Re:Microsoft Announces ARM-Powered Surface Pro X by wilsonnb3 on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @12:25PM (#21138219)

Windows 10 now supports x86 emulation on ARM processors, so most programs will run on this device without a problem.

Unlike Windows RT, which could only run things from the windows app store.

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Re:Microsoft Announces ARM-Powered Surface Pro X by Marsymars on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @07:01PM (#21141698)

Windows RT was especially hamstrung because without jailbreaking it couldn't run Win32 desktop software even if it was compiled for ARM.

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Re:Microsoft Announces ARM-Powered Surface Pro X by nwah1 on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @02:47PM (#21139549)

And this isn't the first ARM Windows laptop with x86 emulation. It is just the first Surface-branded one.

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