Wouldn't the license cost more than the hardware?<p>The site where they are sourcing the Windows ISO from seems sketchy, but apparently is legit...? [1] [2]<p>I guess the site is just an index of Microsoft hosted ISOs, so they are just providing a UI to generate the correct link, and you can check the link is actually going to Microsoft servers before downloading.<p>[1] - <a href="https://uup.rg-adguard.net/" rel="nofollow">https://uup.rg-adguard.net/</a><p>[2] - <a href="https://www.ghacks.net/2017/03/13/adguard-website-download-windows-and-office-iso-images/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ghacks.net/2017/03/13/adguard-website-download-w...</a>
Can anyone think of a good reason why you would want to run Windows 10 on the Raspberry Pi? I'm not trying to start a Windows/Linux debate, I'm just wondering if the wealth of Windows software is largely unavailable on ARM anyway, why not just run Raspbian anyway?
Caution: To do this you need to run a rat's nest of a batch file that runs a bunch of different code obtained from the web.<p>If you're going to try this, try on devices you don't care about. Or spend innumerable hours auditing code.<p>Pass -- for now.
Did they ever fix the SD Card issue?
IoT-Core has been possible on the RPi3 for a while but none of my micro SD cards would boot the image but would happily run every other OS for the RPi I never bothered playing with it.
Personally I think the Github page is more informative than the very brief article<p><a href="https://github.com/WoA-project/WoA-Installer/blob/master/Docs/Raspberry.md" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/WoA-project/WoA-Installer/blob/master/Doc...</a>
Linus Tech Tips had an interesting video[1] last year about a Zotac micro-PC which costs something like $180[2]. It got me thinking, if the included Windows license cost $100 (though I'm sure they get it cheaper as an OEM) then the device would fall into the Raspberry Pi's "a computer for less than $100" range. When dealing with tiny cheap hardware, the cost of Windows no longer fades into the background (like it does with a $1000-2000 workstation) and becomes the most expense part of the device. The "free-as-in-beer"dom of Linux really stands out in these kinds of situations.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32g1ByDRzO0" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32g1ByDRzO0</a>
[2] <a href="https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-Fanless-Dual-Core-1-10GHz-ZBOX-PI225-W2B/dp/B076CBHT4T/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1550086253&sr=8-2&keywords=Zotac+PI225" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-Fanless-Dual-Core-1-10GHz-ZBOX-...</a>
Wow, I checked but apparently the Pi 3 DOES meet the Windows 10 system requirements <i>just</i> barely. I wonder how fast the UI and Cortana run...<p>Win 10 Specs:
Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor or SoC.
RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit.
Hard disk space: 16 GB for 32-bit OS 20 GB for 64-bit OS.
Graphics card: DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver.
Display: 800x600<p>Ras Pi 3:
CPU: 4× ARM Cortex-A53, 1.2GHz.
GPU: Broadcom VideoCore IV.
RAM: 1GB LPDDR2 (900 MHz)
Networking: 10/100 Ethernet, 2.4GHz 802.11n wireless.
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.1 Classic, Bluetooth Low Energy.
Storage: microSD.
The image is from Microsoft's server, but the "core package", including drivers, EFI binaries and a copy of Balena's Etcher tool - where do they come from?