Surface RT hacked to run legacy x86 Windows programs
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4. cezarepc posted on 22 Feb 2013, 04:23 0 2
Just wow. I was eyeing the Pro but is turned off with the price. If the devs can make RT run vba I'm all for it.
14. jsdechavez posted on 22 Feb 2013, 09:03 1 1
I wonder how pixelated that would look like in a tablet. Emulators with my Xperia play, the best!
5. yowanvista posted on 22 Feb 2013, 04:44 3 0
Emulating x86 on ARM with a very low clock speed. People are going to learn very fast why Microsoft didn't build their own compatibility layer.
7. Birds posted on 22 Feb 2013, 05:45 2 1
To be honest, it's all been possible this whole time. I know that is cliche to say but Microsoft - I guess- thought that Rt could cannibalize W8..... That is why they put restrictions on it. But anyways, I took my Surface Rt back to bestbuy after the first week. Very good device but I'm going to wait to Windows RT advances in the future because I definitely want to invest more into it..>The device is just charming.
13. -box- posted on 22 Feb 2013, 08:54 0 1
agreed. Use the heck out of it and enable the reporting to Microsoft about usage ("Customer Experience Program", I think) do they can continue improving it.
18. pfroo40 posted on 22 Feb 2013, 12:40 0 0
I've had my surface for a week now and I think it is fantastic. I've owned ipads and android tablets before, and in my opinion the surface is on a completely different level. It isn't quite where I think it is capable of being, but it is a great device. I find myself using it almost exclusively instead of my i7 laptop or i7 desktop.
9. gaurang posted on 22 Feb 2013, 07:16 1 2
if android tablets cud do the same thing(i know they do,but not good)..android trolls would start saying the openess of the os and linus and stufff....and the whole page would be flooded with comments praising android....(from a former android fan)
12. shuaibhere posted on 22 Feb 2013, 08:33 0 0
I'm an android fan...and no one hear bashed win rt...ofcourse we did before hearing this....
See my post i have only praised it..
I dunno why all you guys act as former android fans when it comes to case like this..
11. mew7946510 posted on 22 Feb 2013, 07:47 0 0
If this doesn't become illegal, I'll go for RT!
16. ajac09 posted on 22 Feb 2013, 09:26 0 0
+ 1 for the surface speed it up and it maybe appealing ( and let me play at least some strategy games on it lol)
17. FireDragon posted on 22 Feb 2013, 10:29 0 0
To be honest, I have been waiting and some how knew this will be happen. Of course it will run light software but there are many of them too to take care of many things.
Good job guys. Good job. RT should be able to execute those programs out of the box in my opinion.
19. krimHD posted on 22 Feb 2013, 15:01 0 0
Now we are talking more Apps, i guess you can run android apps on it with blue stack i think.
20. Bilpocalypse posted on 22 Feb 2013, 18:04 1 0
WinRT emulating Win8 emulating Android... that's Inception level emulation.
