windows 8 Windows On ARM (WOA) Pre-Dates IPad

[Ice_Blue]

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/microsoft_had_windows_7_running_arm_two_years_ago

Many have claimed that Microsoft?s Windows on Arm efforts were a direct reaction to the iPad, and while I?m sure that?s the motivation these days, it turns out Microsoft had the idea long before the first Apple tablet ever shipped. In a recent post on the building Windows 8 blog, several Windows on Arm details leaked out, along with a pair of photos showing Windows 7 running on an Asus smartphone. Careful examination of theEXIF data shows the pictures were taken on January 22nd 2010, several months before the iPad was released.

[shamilbear]

That doesn't mean that Apple hadn't been working on iPad for a very long time as well.

[Memphis]

http://www.maximumpc...m_two_years_ago

Many have claimed that Microsoft?s Windows on Arm efforts were a direct reaction to the iPad, and while I?m sure that?s the motivation these days, it turns out Microsoft had the idea long before the first Apple tablet ever shipped. In a recent post on the building Windows 8 blog, several Windows on Arm details leaked out, along with a pair of photos showing Windows 7 running on an Asus smartphone. Careful examination of theEXIF data shows the pictures were taken on January 22nd 2010, several months before the iPad was released.

Am I the only one who remembers Windows CE devices? We had portable devices used in inventory that where windows CE.

[Stoffel]

That doesn't mean that Apple hadn't been working on iPad for a very long time as well.

The only thing he was saying is that MS didn't start working on WOA as a reaction to the iPad

[Miuku.]

Linux predates both on ARM - what's the big deal here anyway?

[Ice_Blue]

Linux does not figure in everyday consumer computing.

[Miuku.]

Linux does not figure in everyday consumer computing.

Funnily enough, people "had the idea" of using Arm+Linux on tablets long before Microsoft or Apple. Even Nokia had an Arm based Linux system running before either of they did - touch screen and all.

[n_K]

Linux does not figure in everyday consumer computing.

Errr, what? You're either high or really ****ing stupid.

[still1]

That doesn't mean that Apple hadn't been working on iPad for a very long time as well.

you are missing the point of this article.

[HawkMan]

Funnily enough, people "had the idea" of using Arm+Linux on tablets long before Microsoft or Apple. Even Nokia had an Arm based Linux system running before either of they did - touch screen and all.

Errrm... Windows mobile/windows CE.

[FloatingFatMan]

^ Exactly, there has been a "Windows on Arm" version since around 2000...