64 bit emulator surface pro x

Anonymous
2021-02-24T14:23:41+00:00

I have been asking this question for some time now without a viable answer.

When I was convinced to buy this item, it came with a promise of 64bit emulator being very soon to follow, however this is now eight months later and still no idea how long we will have to wait.

I know that the emulator is currently available on the insider program, but all indicators are that its even more buggy than the somewhat limited 32bit emulator.

I'm surprised that Microsoft have not resolved the issues with this device as it would seem that they intend to peruse ARM technology in many future devices.

If the current state of play continues it could spell out disaster for this platform.

I have to say that there have been many updates for the pro x and it has improved over time, however many bugs and issues still remain and customer support for the pro x is at best very poor with the staff having little knowledge of the technical issues found on a daily basis.

Customer services have so far bricked the device on three occasions requiring hours of reloading and total loss of all data and without resolving the original problem (don't let them reset your device or set up phantom accounts) this doesn't work and creates more problems.

I have to say that given the choice again this device would not be on my shopping list.

The recent updates have made improvements and the device is now more stable than it was but without 64bit bug free emulator its very limited, Great looks and feel but don't judge the book by its cover, 

If you intend to use only store apps and basic 32bit programs for surfing and emailing all is good, but for any serious use it fails badly at present, which is truly a shame as the device has great potential but is poorly supported from my own personal experience.

At present its only a little above windows other failed ARM devices using RT which of course is no longer supported.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-06-30T15:01:36+00:00

    For mainstream support x64 on ARM64 is coming with Windows 11 -

    Announcing ARM64EC: Building Native and Interoperable Apps for Windows 11 on ARM - Windows Developer Blog

    ARM64 Office is available for those running Insider Windows 11 and Insider Office -

    64-Bit Office for Windows on ARM

    I'm running both on my Surface Pro X as of yesterday.

    Thanks for posting those Jeffery! After reading through those blog posts I'm now pretty excited about Windows 11 on ARM, and have just about convinced myself to enroll in the insider program and switch my Pro X to the dev channel to try it out. Now that it's been a few days have you had any show-stopping issues with yours? I don't know if you were running a Windows 10 build that had x64 emulation prior upgrading, but if so, have you seen any improvements in that going from 10 to 11, if you don't mind my asking.

    I've been in the Insider Dev Channel since the beginning (2014) - My Pro X has been running it since I received it. I didn't run into any issues under the old emulation (other than battery life). In my use case I haven't seen much difference.

    Awesome, thank you for the feedback!

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-06-30T14:52:09+00:00

    For mainstream support x64 on ARM64 is coming with Windows 11 -

    Announcing ARM64EC: Building Native and Interoperable Apps for Windows 11 on ARM - Windows Developer Blog

    ARM64 Office is available for those running Insider Windows 11 and Insider Office -

    64-Bit Office for Windows on ARM

    I'm running both on my Surface Pro X as of yesterday.

    Hi Jeff.

    once you haveWin 11, how about other software that did not run under previous emulator? Java 11 64bit apps with native a native architecture modules (PMOD, Romexis etc.), Mathematica of Wolfram...

    MarcinB.

    Sorry, I avoid Java Apps and IDEs like the plague. See my other post about running Mathematica, it ran fine, the install was slow but the application ran. Killed the battery quickly though.

    I still don't understand why running ML and Analytic Creation apps on a tablet is something, I have a Developer Machine in Azure that has the horsepower needed to do my heavy lifting. The LTE let's me connect to it whenever I need it.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-06-30T14:24:11+00:00

    For mainstream support x64 on ARM64 is coming with Windows 11 -

    Announcing ARM64EC: Building Native and Interoperable Apps for Windows 11 on ARM - Windows Developer Blog

    ARM64 Office is available for those running Insider Windows 11 and Insider Office -

    64-Bit Office for Windows on ARM

    I'm running both on my Surface Pro X as of yesterday.

    Hi Jeff.

    once you haveWin 11, how about other software that did not run under previous emulator? Java 11 64bit apps with native a native architecture modules (PMOD, Romexis etc.), Mathematica of Wolfram...

    MarcinB.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-06-30T14:14:38+00:00

    For mainstream support x64 on ARM64 is coming with Windows 11 -

    Announcing ARM64EC: Building Native and Interoperable Apps for Windows 11 on ARM - Windows Developer Blog

    ARM64 Office is available for those running Insider Windows 11 and Insider Office -

    64-Bit Office for Windows on ARM

    I'm running both on my Surface Pro X as of yesterday.

    Thanks for posting those Jeffery! After reading through those blog posts I'm now pretty excited about Windows 11 on ARM, and have just about convinced myself to enroll in the insider program and switch my Pro X to the dev channel to try it out. Now that it's been a few days have you had any show-stopping issues with yours? I don't know if you were running a Windows 10 build that had x64 emulation prior upgrading, but if so, have you seen any improvements in that going from 10 to 11, if you don't mind my asking.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-06-30T14:06:46+00:00

    Has your battery life taken a hit?

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