windows on arm
Qualcomm believes we need less powerful Windows 10 on ARM PCs
by Surur
7 months
Qualcomm surprised the market today with the announcement of a new range of Snapdragon processors optimised for use in laptops and PCs. Unlike earlier ventures, which aimed at delivering more power, the new range of Snapdragon 7c ...
Microsoft measurably improves Surface Pro X by releasing ARM64 Chromium-based Edge browser
by Surur
8 months
The Surface Pro X and other Windows 10 on ARM laptops have a significant app gap, due to x64 apps not working on the platform. These days however we do much of our computing in the browser, and many have complained that Micros...
Microsoft planning to close Windows 10 on ARM App Gap with x64 emulation
by Surur
8 months
Microsoft’s Surface Pro X is off to bad start due application compatability issues, in part due to imperfect Win32 emulation on Windows 10 on ARM, but even more due to the complete inability to run x64 apps on Windows 10 on ...
Microsoft is now hiding apps incompatible with the Surface Pro X
by Surur
8 months
We recently reported on a number of classes of apps incompatible with the Surface Pro X. The big issue is of course that Microsoft does not make it clear that the selection of apps able to run on the device is limited, but users a...
Blow for Windows 10 on ARM as Snapdragon Samsung Galaxy Book S rumoured to be cancelled in favour of Intel ver...
by Surur
8 months
We have new news about the Samsung Galaxy Book S availability. In August Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy Book S, a 13-inch Qualcomm-powered Always Connected PC. Powered by a Snapdragon 8cx processor, it offered 23-hour batter...
New Chromium Edge for Windows 10 on ARM64 leaks: Update – new build now available
by Surur
1 year
If you have a Windows 10 on ARM (likely running the now dated Snapdragon 835 processor) you may be desperate for a performant browser which is not the old Edge. The good news today then is that a preview version of the new ARM64 v...
Native Windows 10 on ARM Chromium shows massive performance improvements over emulated x86 version
by Surur
1 year
We reported earlier that a working version of the Chromium rendering engine for Windows 10 on ARM is now available to download, and now we can report that it may be worthwhile using this unofficial version of the Chrome browser. W...
Pre-compiled Chromium for Windows 10 on ARM now available to download
by Anmol
1 year
Microsoft and Google are working together after a long time and it’s generating some fruitful result. So far Microsoft’s work on Chromium-based Edge is going well and the users are liking the browser. Apart from that, ...
Mozilla keeps its promise, Windows 10 ARM laptops can now enjoy the Firefox browser
by Rahul
1 year
In the interest of giving Windows 10 on ARM initiative a boost, Microsoft and Qualcomm are working with several companies so that the duo can bring more and more services to the Windows 10 on the ARM platform. One of the efforts i...
For laptops, is Long battery life or being Always Connected most important? Qualcomm reveals the answer
by Surur
2 years
ARM-powered PCs offer two important advantages over x86-based laptops – up to 25-hour battery life and built-in cellular modems which offer data access wherever you go. Intel can of course attempt to replicate both features...