Windows 8 ARM users lose out on legacy apps

Derrick said:
Microsoft executives made a startling revelation at the Mobile World Congress...
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Another startling revelation is that I can't put diesel in my petrol car....

Code compiled for x86 runs on x86, and code compiled for ARM runs on ARM.
 
To be honest this is not unexpected. to run x86 on arm you would need to emulate and to do that you will need raw power, something that ARM's reduced arc dont have.

The pair did have some good news for future Windows 8 application developers. “It’s the same app, it’s the same code. So, a developer that writes a Windows app and puts it up in the store can ship to customers of ARM systems as well as on X86 systems using the same code,” Angiulo concluded.
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This part seems a bit misleading, its only if the developer use the new Windows run time that it will work on both platforms. They will be able to code applications(WinForms) aimed at the desktop that will not work on ARM systems, but those will not be available via the Online market.

So a better way to say it would be all Windows Market apps(Metro) will work on both not all Windows 8 applications.
 
Its not a startling revelation...

They've been saying this all along.
 
falcon786 said:
Makes sense....so any reason why everyone wont just code for ARM by default from now on so that ALL can use it?
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You mean code for WinRT so that it compiles for ARM and for X86.
That would be the best way to build Windows apps now, if you are only targeting Win8 onwards.
Win32 will still need to be used to support everything before Win8 (I don't think WinRT is being added to earlier versions of windows)
 
Mouse said:
You mean code for WinRT so that it compiles for ARM and for X86.
That would be the best way to build Windows apps now, if you are only targeting Win8 onwards.
Win32 will still need to be used to support everything before Win8 (I don't think WinRT is being added to earlier versions of windows)
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Aah yes the little problem of backwards compatibility for the next few years before windows 8 becomes mainstream,forgot about that one thanks.
 
It's amazing as how many technically knowledgeable people still don't see the difference between an application and an operating system; in particular Microsoft Office and the OS upon which it is supported.

Having said that, were there to be sufficient push, there might be some incentive in porting Office, but I doubt it.
 
bekdik said:
It's amazing as how many technically knowledgeable people still don't see the difference between an application and an operating system; in particular Microsoft Office and the OS upon which it is supported.

Having said that, were there to be sufficient push, there might be some incentive in porting Office, but I doubt it.
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I have a feeling that closer to the time of release we'll get news of Office being supported on WOA...

I also wouldn't be surprised to see WOA get more Enterprise features shortly after release.
 
B.O.F.H. said:
I have a feeling that closer to the time of release we'll get news of Office being supported on WOA...

I also wouldn't be surprised to see WOA get more Enterprise features shortly after release.
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There is a Metro M$ Office already(Works on Both ARM and x86). Was demoed at the Dev preview release, that's why I was hoping that they would release it with this review as well to see what functions it ship with and if they striped any functionality.
 
falcon786 said:
Aah yes the little problem of backwards compatibility for the next few years before windows 8 becomes mainstream,forgot about that one thanks.
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And I've completely side stepped the problem by becoming a Unix developer :D
 
B.O.F.H. said:
Its not a startling revelation...

They've been saying this all along.
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+1. That does not detract from the fact that most computer buyers have the expectation that "it must just work". I know many a basic Apple buyer who went from the iStore to BT Games 3 shops down, iMac in the trolley, who was seriously disappointed.

Again, it is all about hype. When Windows95 launched, I recall a statistic which read that 18% of Win95 buyers didn't even own a computer.
 
bekdik said:
It's amazing as how many technically knowledgeable people still don't see the difference between an application and an operating system; in particular Microsoft Office and the OS upon which it is supported.

Having said that, were there to be sufficient push, there might be some incentive in porting Office, but I doubt it.
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Office 365 prehaps?
 
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