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Old 09-18-2011, 01:53 PM   #83
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Originally Posted by thebestjeter View Post
And? Did you expect legacy Windows 7 apps to run on ARM architecture? Don't be silly! That is impossible without some kind of emulation, no very safe actually. I am not surprised, do you? And that's not an issue. Why do you think is Microsoft unleveling Windows 8 so early, probably 18 months before its release? Answer: To give time to the developers to create or adapt apps for Windows Metro or/and ARM architecture. So, Windows 8 is expected to have a good amount of apps running in all architecture by the time of its release.
No, I wasn't expecting legacy Windows apps to run on ARM, although, as you say who knows what happens by the launch date (and/or after)? My point was that on ARMs W8 will run, in both flavours (Metro and desktop), but (at least some) legacy Windows apps will not.
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