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I think the point of this machine is to give Developers a test bed for apps they port to ARM Windows.

However, given that it took Microsoft more than a decade to decide to port their own Visual Studio to ARM Windows, I'm not sure why they think third parties are chomping at the bit.

If Microsoft wants to copy Apple, they need to copy the decision to immediately port all their first party software.

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> the point of this machine is to give Developers

At 700€ price tag what a gift! It's 3-400€ too expensive for a very dispensable toy, especially given that the managed stack (.net) of Microsoft development tools can be tested on Raspberry Pi or M1, which are both very popular with developers.

Yes, I've mentioned elsewhere that they really should have gone all in on copying Apple and not only make the Dev kit cheaper, but issue a credit on future hardware purchases if the Dev returns the Dev kit when they get done porting their software.

It's not like you want to keep something this underwhelming forever at that price point.

Why would developers want to waste time porting to ARM Windows though?

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