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Available Today: Windows Dev Kit 2023 a.k.a. Project Volterra

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Re: Available Today: Windows Dev Kit 2023 a.k.a. Project Volterra

#31
post #13

They should give them away. I’d never spend $600 on any kind of windows product. Maybe we can install linux on it? But you’d have to be smoking crack not to buy a mac mini m1. It’s the best computer I ever used hands down

if you don't want to spend money on it, just dont buy one. It's ok for something to be made for people who aren't you.

Re: Available Today: Windows Dev Kit 2023 a.k.a. Project Volterra

#32
post #9

Could this be the harbinger of a return to Windows Phone? The world sorely needs an alternative to the mobile OS duopoly.

I'd argue that Microsoft entering the mobile OS market is worse than having a duopoly

>I'd argue that Microsoft entering the mobile OS market is worse than having a duopoly

We need something. I’ve lost all faith in the hardware direction of iPhone. The 14 Pro (let alone Pro Max) is an absurd monstrosity. And Google clearly has no interest in innovation beyond copying Apple.

Re: Available Today: Windows Dev Kit 2023 a.k.a. Project Volterra

#33
post #13

They should give them away. I’d never spend $600 on any kind of windows product. Maybe we can install linux on it? But you’d have to be smoking crack not to buy a mac mini m1. It’s the best computer I ever used hands down

Can a mac mini m1 run Windows?

Re: Available Today: Windows Dev Kit 2023 a.k.a. Project Volterra

#36
post #13

They should give them away. I’d never spend $600 on any kind of windows product. Maybe we can install linux on it? But you’d have to be smoking crack not to buy a mac mini m1. It’s the best computer I ever used hands down

When Apple released its $500 ARM dev kit ahead of the M1, they offered a $200 credit in exchange for return. Something equivalent seems appropriate here. This isn’t meant to be a computer for mass consumption so shouldn’t be compared to the M1 Mini.

Re: Available Today: Windows Dev Kit 2023 a.k.a. Project Volterra

#38
post #13

They should give them away. I’d never spend $600 on any kind of windows product. Maybe we can install linux on it? But you’d have to be smoking crack not to buy a mac mini m1. It’s the best computer I ever used hands down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3dxMGzt5mU

Re: Available Today: Windows Dev Kit 2023 a.k.a. Project Volterra

#40
post #3

All that effort and the best ARM Windows development machine is still "a VM on an Apple Silicon Mac".

How much development experience targeting windows on arm do you have?

I’ve developed on WoA plenty and it’s my primary Windows dev platform, but targeting it? Lol. I spin up an Azure VM for testing.

Any business which might have made use of this to take advantage of things like ARM devices being cheaper/more available than x86 devices (you literally can’t find an x86 tablet worth using for less than $400) long since ported to Android. Microsoft sort of missed the boat with ARM. Every time I see those little android based terminals littered around small businesses I think “man this sure is a business Microsoft lost for no real reason”

I wish Microsoft would support the WoA use case people could actually take advantage of. Using windows in a Mac VM. That would be by far the most effective way to get people to develop for the platform, not this product.

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