Re: Blame Microsoft
There's nothing wrong with installing Windows/ARM on a VM, Microsoft just won't allow you to activate it. So it is of limited usefulness - you can use it for testing, but obviously for real work having to wipe and reinstall every month (or however long before non activated copies quit working) is a no go.
Why Microsoft doesn't want to sell Windows/ARM licenses is a mystery to me. I guess they still hope they can someday sell Microsoft branded ARM hardware people actually want to buy, and allowing people to run it on other platforms reduces that potential market they dream of. Seems pretty short sighted, and might end up leading to them killing Windows/ARM if they don't change course, IMHO.
As stated in the comment above, maybe they will allow it with Windows 11. Likely too they'll tell owners of any official Windows 10 ARM hardware to upgrade to Windows 11 if they want continued support, and any Windows 10 ARM hardware that can't support Windows 11 will be out of luck. Just like how they left a lot of owners of Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 in the lurch by simply dropping support for hardware that didn't meet the upgrade criteria.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
