Microsoft brings more Arm64 support and an updated expiry date to Dev Channel Windows
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2022/08/18/windows_insider_arm/
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However, more useful in [1]build 25182 is support for the state of the privacy shutter on supported hardware. A terse message awaits those with such hardware and attempting to take pictures with shutter blocking the view or laptop lid closed.
As well as an update to the Microsoft Store app, the build also deals with the difficulties some users were encountering when trying to install with low disk space and fixes an issue with a drop in FPS when playing certain games.
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Users speculating that Microsoft might be readying a release of Windows 11 22H2 next month will be interested to note that the expiry date for this build is September 15, 2023. An update is therefore needed to stop expiry.
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Other fixes include the taskbar overflow flyout turning up on the wrong side of the screen and a File Explorer crash that occurred when Windows was determining whether the taskbar overflow should be shown (Microsoft noted that this could happen when switching out of a full-screen game).
[5]Microsoft tests new features in last year's Windows 10
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[7]Windows 11 comes to AWS EC2 as a VM import option
[8]Windows 10 22H2 edges closer to the enterprise as OS hits Release Preview
While fixes abound for game players, things haven't gone so well for game developers this time around – Insiders with the Xbox dev kit installed will experience File Explorer crashes "after attempting to access certain folders on your system." A fix is being worked on, and it is worth remembering that Windows Insider builds, by their nature, could easily break an otherwise working system.
Other issues in File Explorer include the venerable misalignment of the up arrow on File Explorer tabs and one where the delete key stops working (the context menu should do the trick instead).
The printing issue where lines get skipped on tables is also still present and correct.
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The addition of more Arm64 goodies (combined with recent developer emissions) is a sign that Microsoft is continuing to push ahead with the platform, despite its relatively slow start. Handy, since the Arm-based Project Volterra, announced with a paucity of detail at the company's Build event, should be appearing any day now. ®
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[1] https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2022/08/17/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-25182/
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Re: MS does not care about Windows on ARM
Looking at how smooth and slick the process is for installing Windows on ARM Insider Preview in a Parallels VM on MacBook M1/M2 I can't believe that there isn't already some agreement in place for Apple Silicon in this fashion.
Re: MS does not care about Windows on ARM
Microsoft reportedly granted Qualcomm exclusive rights for official support of their ARM CPUs in exchange for Qualcomm supplying funding and support for the Windows port to ARM.
Not sure when this deal expires, but that's the reason Microsoft doesn't sell licenses for Windows/ARM and thus you can't legally run it in a Mac VM. The only legal way to run it is to buy hardware using a Qualcomm ARM CPU.
Re: MS does not care about Windows on ARM
Why on Earth does a company with bank balances greater than the budgets of many small countries need an outside hardware company to fund their development?
Re: MS does not care about Windows on ARM
Why would they prevent Windows from running on Mac? They're not in direct competition at this point and they'd be cutting themselves off from a ready-made market.
I would expect Apple to do something to specifically restrict performance of anything that isn't MacOS on their M-chip Macs (including Linux) before I'd expect MS to piss away a couple of million easy sales. Apple's already made it hard to port Linux to their in-house ARM platform despite broad Linux support for ARM.
MS does not care about Windows on ARM
YET
They have clearly seen what Apple has done with the M1/M2 series and will IMHO, hold back as long as possible from supporting Windows on any ARM based system until they or the likes of Dell/HP/ASIS etc has hardware with at least an equivalent performance as an M1 based Mac. Even then, I would not put it past MS to put something in their full W11 for Arm, that stops it from running on an M1/M2 based Mac but that would probably lead to an almighty antitrust lawsuit.
They will catch up eventually.