details on compatibility with the x86 PC programs

Microsoft has released the first information at this time on the next version of Windows intended for the ARM platform. Among the most interesting aspects are the first reports about the compatibility. Those who hoped that you can install applications x86 will have to resign, Windows 8 for ARM - WOA in short - we will find the familiar Windows applications, including Office, but there is nothing to do for classical programs for PC architecture.

However, you can install applications created by third parties on the Metro (or the appropriate interface for touch systems), but not on the desktop, which will remain the domain of only Microsoft application. Metro applications, usually written in HTML5, VB, C #, XAML and C + +, can be easily converted by developers to the ARM environment with the tools provided by Microsoft.

"Windows for ARM is a new member of the Windows family built on the same foundation," says Steven Siofsky, lead developer of Microsoft, adding that "WOA will create a new class of PCs with unique shapes and capacities, a new level of devices. "

With WOA thus come not only new but also new tablet PC, easier to use but inevitably even more limited. No unwanted applications in the background, no clogging of programs and drivers that slow down the system and the ability to easily reset the operating system without losing images and video, with the same immediacy of a smartphone.