compatibility problems exist in Windows – On – ARM

Posted by admin on May 29, 2011
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According to foreign media reports, according to rival Intel ARM company a senior official who says, Microsoft is for mobile chip maker ARM single chip system architecture development of Windows 8 version, will be unable to carry out currently designed for X86 chip version of Windows written application, of course, is not the old version. “ARM’s will is a new experience, and is mainly mobile experience, especially in flat computers, not and the old was implicated in the operating system,” Intel’s software and services, senior vice President at this company has renee James held, “said investors will get the newspaper of our competitors will be unable to carry out the old applications. Not now, not later.”

Intel thinks this will let it in tablet computer chip market has an advantage – than the ARM company. At least Windows market. Intel believe IT managers will be reluctant to deploy cannot directly support to the company’s existing Windows enterprise application tablet computer.

The news was true still needs to be confirmed. However, as more and more commercial applications has nothing to do with the operating system transferred the clouds and specific client architecture has become less and less important. Indeed, many enterprises has been through Google Android devices, apple ipad, or other than Windows client like RIM’s PlayBook to access the enterprise applications.

Intel has just begun to produce Oak Trail, it is the company used against tablet PC ARM SoC chip weapon.

Microsoft previously said it would develop considering Intel Oak Trail and ARM chips Windows 8 tablet computer optimal desktop version, and the view of the traditional with notebook version. Microsoft has not officially announced the launch date, Windows 8 but some industry insiders believe that at least in this year’s back-to-school season rolls out some new operating system version.