Hear how it's been developing on Windows 11 on ARM for a whole year from an actual developer who's been using it

[Windows Central]

From the mouth of a software developer using Windows 11 on ARM for a full year, hear about the experience, both good and not so good.

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[naddy69]

I have been doing the same thing for 1 year. Running Windows 11 Pro Arm on a MacBook Pro. I'm not a heavy duty "developer", but I have updated a few things I originally wrote years ago. Visual Studio runs fine. Compiling for Arm/Intel is easy. Running Windows and MacOS at the same time, the laptop does not even get warm.

Everything works just fine. I can have 6 CPUs and 8GB RAM assigned to Windows for daily use. I can give the VM 8 CPUs and 20GB RAM if I ever need it, which is basically never.

I can definitely state that I will never buy another Windows PC at this point. Having both in a single laptop is the ultimate 2 in 1.

BTW Windows 11 Pro Arm is $18 if you know where to look. The VMware Fusion software is free. Office 2021 Pro was under $50. No, not interested in Office 365.