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by dev_tty01 1233 days ago
I am already using Windows on ARM. Works great.
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It remains to be seen if ongoing efforts, including having created ARM64CE executable format, bare the adoption at scale Microsoft is expecting, versus previous attempts.
All I know for sure is that with an Apple Silicon ARM based laptop, I never think about charging anymore. When I'm around a charger I charge it a bit. I use it for hours at a time and don't even think about charging. Windows users would get used to this lack of battery anxiety really quick.

I had x86 laptops and they were great. But when running on battery, there is always those glances up at the battery indicator every few minutes and thinking about when I am going to have to get to a charger again. Until you have left that behind, with a super lightweight laptop, you just can't understand what a game changer it is.

I think Microsoft is eager to get to that experience for their users. I hope they will keep making the investment to get there.

What Microsoft wants doesn't matter, if it isn't appealing to the Windows developer community, as it has been proven multiple times.