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    Microsoft to support Raspberry Pi 2 with a free version of Windows 10

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    • Ambarishrh
      Ambarishrh last edited by

      http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/2/7962179/raspberry-pi-windows-10

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      • nadnerB
        nadnerB @Ambarishrh last edited by

        @ambarishrh said:

        http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/2/7962179/raspberry-pi-windows-10

        Well, the Pi does run on ARM architecure and the Lumia's are ARM based devices. So I guess it's not too much of a stretch to support it.

        All the extra publicity and very little effort on their part (Windows compatibility) could be quite profitable.

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        • scottalanmiller
          scottalanmiller last edited by

          Windows RT was always an ARM OS. And low powered devices have been free for Windows for a while now. So that they decided that the Raspberry Pi 2 would qualify for a free edition of Windows isn't really a stretch, but definitely a good decision on their part!

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          • NetworkNerd
            NetworkNerd last edited by

            There's been some internal discussion already here about potentially running one of those for a kiosk type setup out in our manufacturing shops.

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            • StrongBad
              StrongBad last edited by

              Pretty cool. Looking forward to playing with one of those.

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              • Rob Dunn
                Rob Dunn last edited by

                That new Quad Core unit looks pretty awesome. I may actually have to pick one of those up!

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                • scottalanmiller
                  scottalanmiller @Rob Dunn last edited by

                  @Rob-Dunn said:

                  That new Quad Core unit looks pretty awesome. I may actually have to pick one of those up!

                  I was supposed to get one of the old ones but it was just another vendor doing free advertising by claiming that they would give out a prize and getting all kinds of attention for awesome give aways and then never actually shipping the things that they said. It's the new "free advertising gimmick" of IT.

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                  • scottalanmiller
                    scottalanmiller last edited by

                    This new version looks like it makes the leap from "neat" to really useful. I hope to get one, should be fun to play with.

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                    • Rob Dunn
                      Rob Dunn @scottalanmiller last edited by Rob Dunn

                      @scottalanmiller

                      Agreed! This quad-core thing really propels it into a whole new category from "this is an interesting toy" to "I might be able to do something really quite useful with it." I realize I'm repeating what you said, but I actually have some ideas already forming for what I could do with that.

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                      • scottalanmiller
                        scottalanmiller last edited by

                        Doubling the memory really helps too. That's huge. 512MB is pretty constraining these days. 1GB means that even good sized companies can use this for a lot of things.

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                        • Dashrender
                          Dashrender last edited by

                          I wonder if the ARM version of Windows 10 will include the desktop or only run Universal Apps - I think I've answered that question myself though - considering it's not X86/x64 it will probably be Universal Apps only.

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                          • scottalanmiller
                            scottalanmiller @Dashrender last edited by

                            @Dashrender said:

                            I wonder if the ARM version of Windows 10 will include the desktop or only run Universal Apps - I think I've answered that question myself though - considering it's not X86/x64 it will probably be Universal Apps only.

                            Yup. Normal apps would have to be emulated to run on ARM and there is barely enough horsepower to run native apps let alone ones from another architecture.

                            "Universal Apps" is really just a code word for "JavaScript."

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                            • MattSpeller
                              MattSpeller last edited by

                              I'd like to toy with one to control all the stuff in my apartment. Need network / wifi / whatever enabled powerbars but that's not a huge hurdle anymore.

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                              • scottalanmiller
                                scottalanmiller @MattSpeller last edited by

                                @MattSpeller said:

                                I'd like to toy with one to control all the stuff in my apartment. Need network / wifi / whatever enabled powerbars but that's not a huge hurdle anymore.

                                That would be a fun project. If only I had a stable home in which to do that these days.

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