Microsoft talks about the limitations of windows 10 arm

The arrival of the first computers based on the Windows 10 ARM operating system has been a whole resolution, the energy efficiency of these chips is much higher than that of the Intel models, so the door is opened to computers with a duration battery life of 20 hours or more. However, there are also important limitations, and Microsoft has talked about them.

Windows 10 ARM is an important step forward but it has some limitations

The first of the limitations of Windows 10 ARM is also the most important, 64-bit applications do not work, because the emulation layer used in this version of the operating system only supports 32-bit applications. Added to this is that the drivers must be compiled for ARM64 and that there is no support for Hyper-V, therefore it is not possible to work with virtualized environments.

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We continue with the limitations in the performance in Windows 10 ARM, this is logical since an emulation layer is being used and this always supposes a decrease in the benefits. This means that the most demanding applications, such as video games, may suffer from lack of performance, in any case, they are not gaming equipment so it is not a big problem either. What is more important is that UWP applications can present problems if they have not been properly adapted. There is also talk that applications to customize Windows may not work.

With all this it is clear that the possibility of running Windows 10 on ARM processors is something very interesting, but also quite limited. In any case, it seems to us a great proposal for users who need a very compact device, with a long battery life and do not need great power.

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