Windows 10 ARM teased running unofficially on a Nintendo Switch

the_randomizer · Mar 4, 2019

bobdamnit said:
I like the Pi 3 because of the massive amount of support available to it. I also own (and like) a Rock64Pro 4Gb board, but support on that board is only slightly better than nil. Although, I must admit that the Atomic Pi is very appealing in that it runs an Intel Atom at almost 2Ghz. I'd buy one tonight if it had a version that had 4Gb RAM.

2 GB is an odd choice for them to put on it.

guily6669 · Mar 4, 2019

Last Person I know that bought a device with this garbage came to me to reinstall OS since he said he couldnt use anything or install anything he wanted in it when I saw it was Windows ARM lool...

Same day he run into the store returned it and bought an actual laptop...

lordelan · Mar 4, 2019

The Real Jdbye said:
Well, you can run .NET apps on ARM, so you can actually do quite a lot on Windows ARM, as long as they don't need any native libraries (or said native libraries are open source so you can recompile them)

Exactly this.
Still Painless Linux and Android may be the better choices for the Switch but it's awesome how many operating systems are being ported lol.
At some point we might have:

Horizon
Painless Linux (Arch afair)
Ubuntu Linux
fail0verflow's Linux (was Arch as well, wasn't it?)
Lakka (Linux RetroArch distribution)
Android
Windows 10 ARM

That's insane, when you think about it. The Switch is just two years old now and look where we are already.

Deleted-351540 · Mar 4, 2019

the_randomizer said:
2 GB is an odd choice for them to put on it.

Not really. They wanted to keep it under the $35 price point. I don't see a way of doing that without skimping the RAM. 4Gb probably would have brought the price up to around $60-80.

the_randomizer · Mar 4, 2019

bobdamnit said:
Not really. They wanted to keep it under the $35 price point. I don't see a way of doing that without skimping the RAM. 4Gb probably would have brought the price up to around $60-80.

Still would be worth the price, oh well.

spotanjo3 · Mar 4, 2019

Cool but useless, really.

Deleted-351540 · Mar 4, 2019

the_randomizer said:
Still would be worth the price, oh well.

I agree. I'd be willing to pay more for more RAM. Wish they'd done two boards. An Atomic Pi, and an Atomic Pi Pro with 4Gb. I'd have bought it.

MiiJack · Mar 4, 2019

Is this the first console to run Windows unofficially?

Kioku · Mar 4, 2019

MiiJack said:
Is this the first console to run Windows unofficially?

Nintendo 3DS could run older Windows iirc

Tom Bombadildo · Mar 4, 2019

Memoir said:
Nintendo 3DS could run older Windows iirc

Using emulators, sure, but none I'm aware of run directly on console hardware, this would be a possible first.

Regarding the news though, first comment hit it perfectly; neat and all, but Windows on ARM is all but useless currently.

franciscomaianunes · Mar 4, 2019

can't wait to play gta 5 on my switch

Kioku · Mar 4, 2019

Tom Bombadildo said:
Using emulators, sure, but none I'm aware of run directly on console hardware, this would be a possible first.

Regarding the news though, first comment hit it perfectly; neat and all, but Windows on ARM is all but useless currently.

Oh, right. Native vs emulation. Oops

Foxi4 · Mar 4, 2019

I don't understand why the community expects every single release to be useful to broad swathes of users, or to be useful at all. People forget that amateur developers release this kind of stuff for fun. They're, by and large, not getting paid for any of this. Speaking from my own experience, sometimes you code something just because "you can", there's no long-term goal at all, the project is the challenge in and out of itself. Let's not forget that Doom got ported to Honeywell thermostats. Are you going to play Doom on your thermostat? No. Is this application useful at all and is anyone ever going to use it in earnest? No. Is it cool? Hell yeah it's cool. As for the release above, just the bootloader alone can help developers in the future and guide them in the right direction when booting other OS'es besides Android, the code has inherent value, and even if it didn't, it's still impressive and noteworthy that this was achieved at all.

sblast3 · Mar 4, 2019

Cool, can't wait to play ARMS on my Nintendo Switch.

RandomNameAndNumber · Mar 4, 2019

Foxi4 said:
Are you going to play Doom on your thermostat?

I probably would....not to be contrary, but that is cool as hell. Or is it the new hotness?

Deleted User · Mar 4, 2019

This is starting to become like the HTC HD2, not like that's a bad thing.

InsaneNutter · Mar 4, 2019

Jack54782 said:
This is starting to become like the HTC HD2, not like that's a bad thing.

What a device, anyone who purchased the HD2 certainly got their moneys worth.

Condemned87 · Mar 4, 2019

Wow, Windows on Switch would be nice!

iyenal · Mar 4, 2019

Near future: Office suite on Nintendo Switch

Bedel · Mar 4, 2019

Idk if there is a Visual Studio version for ARM W10 (there sould be one), or at least a jdk and a jre. Would be fun to do some shit with the switch if we can connect a keyboard with the usb port.

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