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A bit of a tangent, but does anyone know what happened to Microsoft's x86-on-ARM emulator? I thought it was going to be the next big thing for mobile but there seems to be little trace of it?


It’s shipping with all Windows-on-ARM laptops, and probably used pretty heavily on those machines. It’s the only way to run Chrome and pretty much all Win32 apps.


Oh I see, thanks. Do you know if there's any way to get it on other systems that don't come with it? I was so looking forward to getting Windows on my phone someday...




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