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__float on June 8, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft offering Linux virtual machines on Azure

No no no! Windows on ARM does have a desktop. But traditional x86[-64] compiled apps will obviously not work. The desktop does still exist though.

facorreia on June 8, 2012 [–]

Thank you for the clarification. So current x86 desktop apps won't run, but some might be retargeted and they would work.

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