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by RachelF 3485 days ago
We'll see. Full Windows x86 emulation will likely be slow.

It will be a harder sell the second time around, too as Windows RT burned a lot of people, and fewer trust Microsoft than before.

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It's native ARM version of Windows 10 and for UWP apps, as well as any x86 apps recompiled for ARM. The rest of the classic x86 32-bit apps will run via the emulation, like Rosetta on macOS in the past when running PPC apps on Intel.

That means unlike WinRT, almost all of your apps will be usable, no confusion about it like what befell the WindowsRT.

This is not full x86 emulation, it only emulates x86 when you are running x86 apps. Windows/Office and other apps are running in native mode.
Nearly all of their target market would be unfamiliar with Windows RT.