Is it possible to run windows on any single board computers?

Former Member over 11 years ago

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david98xp over 11 years ago +1

Yes! Check out the Minnowboard MAX (minnownoard.org). $99-$129 The Sharks cove rev board. (sharkscove.org I think) $299 The beaglebone black can't but someone has put WinCE7 on one. Check out this site…
Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member +1

Either under emulation for the x86 code set or the new ARM based Win 8 or are we talking about the old winCE?
clem57 over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member +1

James, I do software work and would not want to try to get Windows on Raspberry Pi because the resources needed would overwhelm that poor little Pi Clem

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0 Former Member over 11 years ago

or is it even possible to alter windows to work on the raspberry pibecause i have one at home
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0 johnbeetem over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member

James Hill wrote:

or is it even possible to alter windows to work on the raspberry pi because i have one at home

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It depends on what you mean by "work". In principle, Windows can execute on a RasPi by emulating the x86 instruction set. However, in practice Windows doesn't "run" on a RasPi -- it's more like "crawling"
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0 kidiccurus over 11 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

Even then, it is a horribly stripped down, almost crippled version of xp. johnbeetem is not underestimating when he says it is slow.
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0 Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

Yes it would be like 100 times slower than an old PC ...yeah it would be working though
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0 kidiccurus over 11 years ago in reply to Problemchild

Whether or not something that is too slow to use counts as working is debatable.
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0 Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to kidiccurus

Indeed it's academic
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0 clem57 over 11 years ago in reply to Problemchild

John, Saw one YouTube video with RPi running linux with a virtual machine with Window 7... But it crashed and looked unstable. Clem
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0 Problemchild over 11 years ago in reply to clem57

No doubt, but as you say it's all a bit pointless because it's just so slow and probably buggy.. fun but not useful
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to Problemchild

So true!

I have to summon all my patience to run Chrome on an LXDE or XFCE desktop on 1GB RAM Raspbian.

Windows? Why would anyone do this? Maybe, in the future, Windows 2089 will be installed on the RPi-2089 as easily as Raspbian is today. I'll try be watching with bated breath from wherever I float away to post-mortem. (-:
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0 Former Member over 10 years ago in reply to Problemchild

So true!

I have to summon all my patience to run Chrome on an LXDE or XFCE desktop on 1GB RAM Raspbian.

Windows? Why would anyone do this? Maybe, in the future, Windows 2089 will be installed on the RPi-2089 as easily as Raspbian is today. I'll try be watching with bated breath from wherever I float away to post-mortem. (-:
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