With ARM processors increasingly becoming part of the desktop ecosystem, porting code that was written for x86_64 platforms is both necessary and a massive undertaking. For many codebases a simple ...

Most Windows computers use x86 processors from Intel or AMD, but some models also use ARM-based processors. That hardware comes with its own advantages and disadvantages, so it’s important to know ...

Windows on Arm had a good year. The gap between x86 and Arm Windows laptops is narrowing, and it’ll narrow further in 2026.

With the next major update to Windows 11, Microsoft has promised some performance improvements on emulating Intel and AMD code on an Arm-based Windows laptop. The new x86-64 emulator is called Prism, ...

With rumors of Nvidia entering the CPU market, 2025 might be an even bigger year for Microsoft’s Arm efforts. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, ...

Tired of your Windows laptop running out of juice halfway through the day? You’re not alone. Many of us struggle with the limitations of battery life and performance in Windows laptops. Although there ...

This $800 Asus laptop with Snapdragon chip is Copilot ready, but far pricier gaming laptops are not. Tushar Mehta / Digital Trends In just over a year, the landscape of Windows laptops has changed ...

A new Windows Insider test build seeks to solve one of the more frustrating problems with Windows on Arm: when an application simply doesn’t work. Build 27744 within the Microsoft Windows 11 Canary ...

Parallels Desktop has been officially authorized by Microsoft to run ARM versions of Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise on Macs with M3 processors. According to an updated support document from Microsoft, ...