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Opinion: Will Windows on ARM challenge the iPad where Android has failed?

by Kamran Zia on February 12, 2012
Will Windows on ARM challenge the iPad where Android has failed


New details suggest Microsoft is cutting out all the stops and supercharging Windows on ARM to the fullest. Could it give the iPad the challenge that Android has failed to deliver?
WOA sounds like what you might tell a horse when you want it to stop, but it’s also the working acronym for Windows on ARM, which Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky recently detailed in a revealing blog post. I’m clearly going to have some fun with the acronym, but the new details of the operating system have some pretty heavy implications, too.There really are some little nuggets in Steven’s Blog post that suggest this could be a game changer on a lot of fronts.It might even make tablets as we know them obsolete.

Let’s cover some of the more interesting highlights.

ARM vs. x86

From Sinofsky’s blog post, it appears that Windows 8 clearly has two distinct configurations.The ARM side isn’t ported to the x86 side, nor the x86 side to the ARM side.Both versions of the product are optimized from the hardware layer on up for distinct usage models.If you want high portability, you go the ARM route. If you want high performance, you go the x86route.WOA won’t support virtualization, for instance.
The ARM version appears to get a unique value bundle as well, with key Office applications (except Outlook) shipping with the product.This, on paper, makes any Windows ARM tablet look more complete, at least from the standpoint of productivity apps, than either Android or iOS. (Yes, Google has a productivity suite, but it is hosted and hasn’t proven to be that competitive.)
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