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Ask HN: Any way to run Windows or Mac on a tablet?

1 pointsby littlestitiousalmost 2 years ago
What exactly prevents other operating systems to run on a mid-level tablet like Samsung S6?

2 comments

voidbertalmost 2 years ago
Through virtualization (Termux + QEMU), it should be possible. However, unless you&#x27;re running Windows for ARM (no need for x86-64 emulation), you may get the performance of a Pentium III. Natively, though, those OSes simply don&#x27;t have drivers and bootloader for your tablet. If you were a systems programmer, you could write those yourself and, after months of work, you&#x27;d have something like <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.worproject.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.worproject.com&#x2F;</a>
mattlalmost 2 years ago
Bootloaders, drivers, architecture, kernel extensions…