Freed from the limitations of cruddy hardware, the machine makes it much easier to evaluate Windows-on-Arm's remaining software limitations. The Dev Kit 2023 is nearly three times as expensive, but the hardware is powerful enough that it mostly just feels like a typical midrange mini-desktop in day-to-day use. But actual work, even for someone like me who primarily works with text and medium-resolution photos all day? Nope. Maybe you could get some basic browsing done on it. But with its 4GB of memory, 64GB of pokey storage, and underpowered Snapdragon 7c processor, using it was like revisiting the bad old netbook days. Microsoft has tried doing Arm Windows developer boxes before-namely, the $219 ECS LIVA QC710 it began selling about a year ago (it's no longer for sale, at least not through Microsoft's store). Further Reading Microsoft announces a brand-new Arm-powered desktop PC and Arm-native dev tools
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