FYI windows8 on ARM devices revealed

[Jon]

Perhaps off-topic, interesting though...

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/01/microsoft-reveals-arm-powered-windows-8-p...

Anybody happen to know if those prototypes are available to the rest of us?

OT: Re: FYI windows8 on ARM devices revealed

[Frank Murphy]

On 02/06/11 19:32, Jon wrote:
> Perhaps off-topic, interesting though...
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/01/microsoft-reveals-arm-powered-windows-8-p...
>
> Anybody happen to know if those prototypes are available to the rest of us?

They gotta go make some dosh.

OT: Re: FYI windows8 on ARM devices revealed

[Peter Robinson]

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Frank Murphy  wrote:
> On 02/06/11 19:32, Jon wrote:
> > Perhaps off-topic, interesting though...
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/01/microsoft-reveals-arm-powered-windows-8-p...
> > Anybody happen to know if those prototypes are available to the rest of
>
> us?
> >
>
> They gotta go make some dosh.

The initial incarnations are basically suped up versions of the PandaBoard
for the TI chip and Tegra 2 from nvidia (not sure of the details of the
Qualcomm chip but not sure it matters too much as they have tended to be
more phone based systems.

Peter