You Can Now Run Windows 10 on the Raspberry Pi 3

Wouldn&#x27;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:&#x2F;&#x2F;uup.rg-adguard.net&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;uup.rg-adguard.net&#x2F;</a><p>[2] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ghacks.net&#x2F;2017&#x2F;03&#x2F;13&#x2F;adguard-website-download-windows-and-office-iso-images&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ghacks.net&#x2F;2017&#x2F;03&#x2F;13&#x2F;adguard-website-download-w...</a>

Well, at least you&#x27;ll have a Windows machine that isn&#x27;t vulnerable to Meltdown or Spectre.

Can anyone think of a good reason why you would want to run Windows 10 on the Raspberry Pi? I&#x27;m not trying to start a Windows&#x2F;Linux debate, I&#x27;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&#x27;s nest of a batch file that runs a bunch of different code obtained from the web.<p>If you&#x27;re going to try this, try on devices you don&#x27;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:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;WoA-project&#x2F;WoA-Installer&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;Docs&#x2F;Raspberry.md" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;WoA-project&#x2F;WoA-Installer&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;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&#x27;m sure they get it cheaper as an OEM) then the device would fall into the Raspberry Pi&#x27;s &quot;a computer for less than $100&quot; 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 &quot;free-as-in-beer&quot;dom of Linux really stands out in these kinds of situations.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=32g1ByDRzO0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=32g1ByDRzO0</a> [2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;ZOTAC-Fanless-Dual-Core-1-10GHz-ZBOX-PI225-W2B&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B076CBHT4T&#x2F;ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1550086253&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=Zotac+PI225" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;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&#x2F;100 Ethernet, 2.4GHz 802.11n wireless. Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.1 Classic, Bluetooth Low Energy. Storage: microSD.

The image is from Microsoft&#x27;s server, but the &quot;core package&quot;, including drivers, EFI binaries and a copy of Balena&#x27;s Etcher tool - where do they come from?

Windows 10 is already quite slow on older or low-powered desktops (like AMD A4 series), I can&#x27;t imagine trying to use it on an RPi

This reminds me of an old joke: Q: Can you implement Communism in Switzerland? A: Yes, but it would be a shame.

Are the GPIO pins accessible via APIs too?

I could use one to test my websites on IE ;)

This looks neat, but hardly official. Let’s hope it doesn’t suffer a takedown-notice.<p>I might give this a try one day when I have time.

is &quot;it runs win10&quot; gonna be the new &quot;it runs doom&quot;?

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn&#x27;t stop to think if they should.