Tablet idea: Android + Windows 7 dual-boot. Is this possible?

[jaydee]

Anyone know if it's possible to put windows 7 (even if it's Starter edition), on a non x86 processor? Like on a Tegra 2? It would be the bomb if within 12 months, I could buy a

- 10" tablet by Asus or HTC (1366x768),
- Tegra 2 processor
- 40-60GB SSD
- 1-2GB RAM
- dual-bootable Android 2.1 (or better) and Windows 7 HP or Starter.
- $600

A man can dream right?

 

[TheWart]

Personally, I think just a vanilla android tablet would be preferred. I really really don't want my tablet to have to "bootup" like a normal computer/laptop. It should be a grab-unlock-use system that is ready to go in seconds.

 

[dguy6789]

I remember seeing a video of Leo Laporte at some electronics convention and trying out this interesting laptop. It runs windows 7, but the screen is touch screen and detachable. When you detach it, it switches to Android on the fly(even maintains web pages you had open and such) and becomes a tablet PC.

The laptop part of it has conventional laptop hardware, the detachable touch screen had a Snapdragon in it if I recall correctly.

 

[SunnyD]

No. Windows 7 is only available on x86 (32/64).

However, Atom has been certified for Android recently. So that's possible.

The only alternative would be a VM, which I don't think there's any "quality" low-level hypervisor VM's for ARM yet.

 

[dougp]

I remember seeing a video of Leo Laporte at some electronics convention and trying out this interesting laptop. It runs windows 7, but the screen is touch screen and detachable. When you detach it, it switches to Android on the fly(even maintains web pages you had open and such) and becomes a tablet PC.

The laptop part of it has conventional laptop hardware, the detachable touch screen had a Snapdragon in it if I recall correctly.

That's a Lenovo machine, the U series.