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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

Microsoft accidentally reveals Windows 10 on ARM limitations [theverge.com]

Microsoft launched ARM-powered Windows 10 PCs [theverge.com] with "all-day" battery life back in December. While HP, Asus, and Lenovo's devices aren't on sale just yet, we're still waiting to hear more about the limitations of Windows 10 running on these new PCs. Microsoft published a full list of limitations last week, spotted first by Thurrott [thurrott.com], that details what to expect from Windows 10 on ARM. This list must have been published by accident, as the software giant removed it over the weekend so only cached copies [archive.org] of the information are available.

Only ARM64 drivers are supported and no x64 applications are supported (yet). Games that use a version of OpenGL later than 1.1, hardware-accelerated OpenGL, or "anticheat technologies" won't work on Windows 10 on ARM. The Windows Hypervisor Platform [wikipedia.org] is not supported on ARM.

Also at Engadget [engadget.com] and ZDNet [zdnet.com].

Related: Big Changes Planned by Microsoft - Windows 10 on ARM, Laptops to Behave More Like Phones [soylentnews.org]
First ARM Snapdragon-Based Windows 10 S Systems Announced [soylentnews.org]
Microsoft Pulls Back on Windows 10 S [soylentnews.org]

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