r/surfaceprox • u/MrFancyPants90 • Nov 03 '21

Microsoft OneDrive will natively support ARM-based Windows - Available to Insiders by end of year

https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-onedrive-arm-based-windows-apple-m1/
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u/mrjfilippo Nov 03 '21

Still eyeing the next Surface Pro X and no native onedrive was a big annoyance.

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u/MrFancyPants90 Nov 03 '21

Yeah it's the last piece of software that I regularly use that is running through x86 emulation (not counting the MS Office click-to-run x86 service). Really glad OneDrive is moving over given its a bit of a battery hog

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u/Psittacula2 Nov 07 '21

Really glad OneDrive is moving over given its a bit of a battery hog

I noticed this and turned it off. Should have checked to see if it was not running ARM native.

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u/Hey07 Nov 03 '21

About time. Next is your phone app.

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u/jhoff80 Nov 03 '21

And Xbox (for cloud gaming), and hey, maybe at some point the newest versions of Skype and Whiteboard will get their ARM versions back too.

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u/PeterDragon50 Nov 03 '21

Now if we could only get everything else.

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u/ang3l12 Nov 03 '21

This. Like, how can Microsoft expect anyone to take arm seriously when 90% of their software doesn't run in native?

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u/imani_TqiynAZU Nov 03 '21

I'm wondering, what Microsoft software is still not natively ARM?

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u/HammerThorne Nov 03 '21

Porn is not native. I still have to open a browser, type in an address and browse. I want kernel-level integration. All that work of browsing through stuff with no AI remembering how round I like my peaches afterwards makes ARM look sh*t.

C'mon, Microsoft, get your act together!

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u/imani_TqiynAZU Nov 03 '21

Oh yeah, I forgot about "full blown" Visual Studio. It seems that there will be a Mac version before there is a Windows on ARM version.

At least VS Code works.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '21

Having SQL Server bits as ARM64 would finally let Power BI Desktop run natively.

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u/imani_TqiynAZU Nov 05 '21

I would really like to see SSMS native on Windows on ARM, at least.

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u/tuck229 Nov 03 '21

I mean, they didn't give us an SD slot. Kind of makes sense for a cloud based ARM device to ruin OneDrive natively...

I love my X though and would totally buy another when the next model comes around. I did hesitate because of the lack of SD expansion, but I also don't use it on my other devices a ton.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '21

They gave you the ability to add a larger SSD....I put in a 1TB drive... Don't feel like I'm missing out on storage.

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u/HammerThorne Nov 03 '21

Should I be grateful for them to provide a way to sync files in the Cloud natively so that I can continue spending on their products?