Microsoft announced today that the expected support for 64-bit x86 emulation on Windows on ARM devices has arrived, provided you are running Build 21277. You'll need to be part of Microsoft's Windows ...

Just a little later than expected, Microsoft has announced it is rolling out x64 emulation for Windows 10 on ARM PCs. The feature is arriving for Windows Insiders on the Dev channel first. It ...

Now that Windows on ARM can emulate 64-bit x86 apps, how do these systems compare against Apple's M1? Not well, it turns out. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

Back in June 2021, Microsoft announced ARM64EC for Windows 11. It described ARM64EC as a new way to bring your existing x64 applications up to speed with the native performance you would expect on ARM ...

You can run i386 and x86_64 binaries on Windows for ARM via emulation (and the M1 does it pretty well). However, if you need something with a driver (e.g. USB Passthrough), you need ARM-native drivers ...

Windows on Arm had a good year. The gap between x86 and Arm Windows laptops is narrowing, and it’ll narrow further in 2026.

A bit surprised there isn't a thread already about this - given the number of gotchas involved in Windows on ARM. Due to last minute emergency reallocations of systems at work, I happen to have a ...

Almost two years in, Apple is on the verge of completing its transition to ARM. It might surprise you to know, then, that Microsoft started its own journey to ARM chips long before Apple. But Windows’ ...