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
    2021-07-15T07:53:57+00:00

    Hi, no prob, to me you was not condescendig:-). The salesmen from Microsoft, mentioned that there are some problems with some programs like e.g. Photoshop. But I think he also emphazised, that the ARM will be the future technology. Never the less, more research in advance would have been a good idea... I guess also it will take a while, if SQL is running one day at the surface...

    Thanks a lot for your ideas! I also tried to run SQL out of the WSL. But I was not successful. My technical knowledge is pretty basic^^. Docker I was not able to run on my Surface as well. Can you run Dockers at your SPX?

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-07-11T14:38:20+00:00

    Yeah, sure.

    At the time that was the original timeline - it was then pushed into the Sun Valley Release...

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-07-11T05:28:59+00:00

    Yeah, sure.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-07-10T14:48:03+00:00

    With the windows 11 install everything has improved and I’m much happier with the device now as many of the other issues I was having have all but gone,

    Not sure if the firmware update helped but windows 11 certainly has

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-07-09T15:46:15+00:00

    Has your battery life improved?

    I posted this in another thread, but I've noticed since upgrading mine to Windows 11 that it has only gone into hibernation once, and instead will stay in connected standby with very little battery drain. This is more what I expected, specially based on prior experience with a 1st gen Surface RT which never would hibernate and always was instant on. What I don't know if if this is a Windows 11 thing, or would have also shown up with the last few Windows 10 builds before the dev channel got switch to 11. It could also have been the firmware update that installed on 7/1 right after the OS upgrade, so it could be a combination of the two (OS + firmware/drivers). Either way I'm happy with the improvement.

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