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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Can you even run Windows on a RPi?

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

Not really. Microsoft compiled a version of their OS for ARM devices - creatively named "Windows on ARM", but on a Raspberry Pi I'd hardly describe the performance as "running" - walking/crawling would be more apt.

[–] Ebber@lemmings.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They've made Windows IoT Core that runs on Raspberry Pi. I have a colleague that maintains a tanning bed system that uses two Pis running that for each bed, one to operate the bed itself and one to accept payments.

It's mad

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 23 hours ago

So they can make a lightweight Windows, they just normally choose not to?

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago

If DOSBox runs on one, then the old DOS-based Windows versions might work. But then, they didn't keep much in System32, where they even had it at all.