Homebrew Windows 10 emulator for 3ds?

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Hello. I'm a new member here.
Yesterday i seen a console called "GPD Win". Is similiar to an Nintendo 3ds, but with Windows 10 as OS.


The console costs 1000 dollars, and i don't want to spend my money for that thing.
So i haved an idea, to emulate Windows on Nintendo 3DS. I searched on google "how to emulate Windows on 3DS", bot there is only the method to emulate that shit of old Windows versions!

Plz someone can tell me HOW TO EMULATE WINDOWS 10 ON 3DS?!?
 

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We can barely run Windows 95 on a new3DS, what makes you think Windows 10 is even remotely possible? The simple answer is, we can't run Windows 10 on a 3DS and we will never be able to.
 

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We can barely run Windows 95 on a new3DS, what makes you think Windows 10 is even remotely possible? The simple answer is, we can't run Windows 10 on a 3DS and we will never be able to.
Oh... Ok... So I'm installing the old Windows 95 on my Wii

Edit: Oh! Look that i found, this wiil be helpful for me!

 
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Oh... Ok... So I'm installing the old Windows 95 on my Wii

Edit: Oh! Look that i found, this wiil be helpful for me!


thats Remote view/Control not Emulating, Completely different, and before you go "The GPD and 3DS are too similar so it Must be possible!" No .. it isnt.

GPD Win:
CPU: 64-bit x86 Intel Atom x7 Z8750 (1.60 GHz/2.56 GHz max)
GPU: Intel HD 405 Graphics (200 MHz/600 MHz max)
RAM: 4GB LPDDR3 RAM
Storage: 64GB eMMC Flash

N3DS:
ARM 11 Main CPU 4x MPCore, 4x VFPv2, @ 804MHz in N3DS native Speeds/268MHz otherwise
ARM9 Security and secondary/Auxiliary function CPU: ARM946 @ 134MHz
GPU: DMP PICA @ 268MHz, with only 10Mb VRam Within the SoC
RAM: 256Mb FCRAM
Storage: 1.3GB NAND Flash + MicroSD

ARM CPU's =/= same as an Intel Atom (x86-64) the big reason Dosbox with windows runs like total Purse Ass, is the overhead of CPU Emulation.

everything Else, Most android phones would do this better. and only SOME newer Snapdragon equipped ones could *Theoretically* run it natively(windows) or have a far far faster performance because these newer ones have an x86 Core. the GPU architecture is also far vastly different as well, and running everything off the 3DS's MicroSD is slow as balls for this task. GPDWin is expensive for a Reason.

If you really want a Portable on the suuuuper cheap Windows 10 Experience, grab a Raspberry Pi 3B+learn to Solder, a Cheap Waveshare LCD Screen, get a nice case and well known and long lasting Battery, there is a WiP Project that has Windows 10 ARM running on the Pi3/3B+ (which has Some x86 Emulation) and not the IoT Core, it'd be hella no GPD Win, but it'd play some basic things at least. at worst well you just made a Retro handheld Far better than anything for the N3DS's limited Specs, (but we're all here to make use out of the System we have yah?) if you can solder for Shite, theres "PiBoy" and that new Modular Pi based kit for 200~300$ far cheaper than an GPDWin but just under the cheapest win10 netbook,

not trying to be mean but this sort of "I dont want to pay out the ***" or " XXX is weaker than the 3DS , so the 3DS can Surely Emulate it!" threats come up often enough it wears down some temp'ers (look at the common argument about N64 Emulation on the 3DS) Most outright will refuse to understand the vast evidence or understand exactly why the 3DS just cannot with no matter how much "Optimization" since theres ohh so much you can do with aging hardware.
 

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Yeah, sorry. As others have said, Windows 10 on 3DS (or New 3DS) is certainly impossible. Remote access is entirely different.

Maybe one day, but I can't see it happening.
 

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It's pretty much impossible to emulate Windows 10 on any of the 3DS family of systems. The 3DS is waaaaaay below Windows 10 minimal requirements, and not only that, but emulation is way more complicated than just natively running the OS and all. It's just not possible, sorry :/
 

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