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Technically speaking - there IS a Windows for ARM
Windows Embedded Compact (aka WinCE) is a subset of the full Windows API with all the old legacy API removed and Unicode-only calls.

It's definitely not the full Windows API, but a lot of stuff is basically the same on both platforms.

It wouldn't be that hard for MSFT to bring the rest of it over - but that would mean killing off WinCE and WiMo as we know it now and replacing it with a full featured OS that would take more space but offer a much richer experience...

Oh wait..

That's exactly what they need to do. happy
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Technically speaking - there IS a Windows for ARM  TheWerewolf | 06/03/09
Lets flip the script ...  n0neXn0ne | 06/03/09
WinCE is a nice blend of speed and functionality...  HypnoToad72 | 06/03/09
No  de-void | 06/16/09
It's not desktop/laptop/netbook Windows  rosanlo | 06/03/09
Not entirely accurate  de-void | 06/16/09
Windows Mobile runs on ARM  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 06/03/09
And that's the point.  sreesiv | 06/03/09
You're forgetting the reason that Windows netbooks sell ...  de-void | 06/16/09
Windows Mobile ain't Windows  Mitch 74 | 06/05/09
Office for Windows and Mac differ because ...  de-void | 06/16/09
They should have listened to you  Chad_z | 06/16/09
What this means . . .  CobraA1 | 06/03/09
They said that about netbooks themselves...  storm14k | 06/03/09
So?  CobraA1 | 06/03/09
The don't care if it runs Windows....  storm14k | 06/03/09
Goodnight Windows??? Try again...only with feeling...  Cayble | 06/03/09
Sure they do  CobraA1 | 06/11/09
Nonsense  de-void | 06/16/09
Windows will probably never run on ARM....  JoeMama_z | 06/03/09
You need to do a little homework!  de-void | 06/16/09
Is there an "ARM Netbook" market?  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 06/03/09
Price alone...  storm14k | 06/03/09
Nope. Delusions.  Cayble | 06/03/09
Non-existent netbook market?  MisterMiester | 06/03/09
Sorry if you don't know what the facts mean  Cayble | 06/04/09
Linux lost 95% of the netbook market in 1 year to Windows!  de-void | 06/16/09
30% is non-existent?  TripleII | 06/05/09
Android ARM netbooks will sell like hot dogs.  TripleII | 06/05/09
posix  no_zd_user_name | 06/03/09
ODF  JoeMama_z | 06/03/09
POSIX is so relavent that MS dropped it in Vista.  de-void | 06/16/09
Never going to happen ...  MisterMiester | 06/03/09
Are you mad?  de-void | 06/16/09
No "Windows tax" with ARM Notebooks  Jim.Callahan | 06/04/09
You read VERY selectively ...  de-void | 06/16/09

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