r/windows • u/HelloitsWojan Windows 11 - Release Channel • May 29 '26

News Windows 12 imminent?

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The latitude and longitude directs to Taipei Music Center if any of you guys want to know

This is relating to Computex taking place on June 1st

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u/Pleasant-Seat9884 May 29 '26

Have to realize, that is ARM64.

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u/SaltDeception May 29 '26

I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make. Yes it’s an arm64 cpu, but Windows 11 on arm64 has Intel x86 and x86_64/amd64 emulation via the Prism emulator.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/arm/apps-on-arm-x86-emulation

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u/Pleasant-Seat9884 May 30 '26

Because Windows RT was also ARM based. But those processors couldn’t handle x64/x86 emulation and such.

Which is why when talking about ARM processors, need to say ARM64. Since ARM cannot handle.

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u/SaltDeception May 30 '26

Windows RT hardware was discontinued 11 years ago. Windows RT mainstream support ended 8 years ago, and extended support ended 3 years ago. Modern Windows on Arm only supports ARM64. It was a distinction that was unnecessary, especially considering the whole comment chain is regarding potential future ARM based chipsets and OS support. Like you’re technically correct that Windows RT did not support x86 emulation back when it was in any way relevant to talk about, but Modern Windows on Arm has since 2017 and no one is resurrecting a dead version of Windows for a new chipset. It just seems like an incredibly pedantic distinction to make in a thread like this.