In Reply to: Strange............................. posted by Cut-Throat on July 20, 2014 at 07:49:29:
The Surface (and some of the Asus tablets) use an ARM processor, not an x86 processor so they cannot run normal windows binaries, it's a completely different processor architecture and instruction set.
What Microsoft has done is recompile windows 8(8.1) for ARM and called it Windows RT. Any applications also have to be recompiled to run on ARM. Since the market is kind of small, not very many companies have decided to release ARM versions of their software.
That all being said I DO have an ASUS RT tablet, they are dirt cheap these days and for what I needed it for they are a better fit than any other tablet options.
No, I have not tried hooking up a USB DAC yet, I ought to do that some day!
The Surface PRO line use x86 processors so they can run normal Windows and run all the millions of Windows programs.
John S.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Strange............................. - John Swenson 15:49:04 07/21/14 (7)
- Look at the price of ASUS T-100TA in question, with full-blown Windows. - carcass93 18:46:17 07/21/14 (6)
- RE: Look at the price of ASUS T-100TA in question, with full-blown Windows. - Tony Lauck 18:16:22 07/27/14 (4)
- Yes, it's dead silent. It's a 10" tablet with "passive" KB dock - no fan there. - carcass93 10:25:20 07/28/14 (3)
- RE: Yes, it's dead silent. It's a 10" tablet with "passive" KB dock - no fan there. - Tony Lauck 10:57:36 07/28/14 (2)
- RE: Yes, it's dead silent. It's a 10" tablet with "passive" KB dock - no fan there. - Bob_C 12:12:21 07/28/14 (1)
- RE: Yes, it's dead silent. It's a 10" tablet with "passive" KB dock - no fan there. - AbeCollins 13:21:12 08/03/14 (0)
- RT is a no-go for me, too! - eduardoo 02:21:08 07/22/14 (0)