Windows on ARM (WOA) Details Published

[ViRGE]

I'm shocked no one has posted this yet.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5527/microsoft-provides-windows-on-arm-details

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/...ndows-for-the-arm-processor-architecture.aspx

Summary: The version of Windows for ARM devices will be called Windows on ARM (WOA). It will only be sold to OEMs for use in approved ARM devices, and sold as a complete package. It will have a desktop, but app developers won't be able to publish non-Metro applications. It's basically the Windows equivalent of iOS.

 

[Nothinman]

No one should be surprised by any of this. The only thing I wasn't really expecting was the presence of the desktop for Office, but it makes sense if they want any businesses to consider the things.

 

[lxskllr]

I'll never own one. They may be useful in the enterprise market if they do it right, but time will tell.