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There is now a version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system for Arm-based chips, and software engineers have been developing more programs for Arm as the number of Arm-based PCs grows.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The pressure from Apple added more urgency to the Windows on Arm project, but efforts suffered from both hardware and software issues.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Arm is the architecture beneficiary and Microsoft is the Windows AI gatekeeper, she notes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Since IBM chose an Intel CPU for its first PC in 1980, chips based around the x86 architecture have run Microsoft DOS and Windows PCs.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Windows, wide open to the spectacularly beautiful fall day, would slam shut in homes along Lambertsville Road and as far away as the high school.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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