Windows has stopped pretending to be merely an operating system that quietly evolves; with Windows 11 Microsoft has made a series of deliberate architectural and policy choices that break long-standing continuity with the past—and those choices are already reshaping the desktop landscape...
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Confusion between “Windows on ARM” and “Copilot+ PC” has become a real buyer’s trap, especially now that sleek Snapdragon laptops share shelf space with new Intel and AMD systems carrying the Copilot+ badge. If you care about software compatibility, battery life, and performance, you need to...
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Epic Games’ Easy Anti‑Cheat (EAC) is finally landing on ARM platforms — a technical and ecosystem milestone that removes one of the largest obstacles keeping multiplayer PC games off Snapdragon‑powered Copilot+ laptops and Linux ARM devices. The company shipped updated Epic Online Services (EOS)...
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Epic’s Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) has finally been made compatible with Windows on Arm, removing a major technical barrier that has kept many multiplayer PC games—including Fortnite—off Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ laptops and other Snapdragon X Series machines; Epic delivered the compatibility through...
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Epic Games and Qualcomm have closed one of the most stubborn compatibility gaps for Windows on ARM: Epic’s Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) and the Epic Online Services (EOS) SDK now include Windows-on-Arm support, a move that clears the way for Fortnite and other EAC‑protected multiplayer titles to run on...
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Epic Games has started closing a long-standing gap for Arm-based Windows gaming by making its Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) system compatible with Windows 11 on Arm devices powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X family — a change that paves the way for Fortnite and other EAC-protected multiplayer titles to...
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Today, we’re announcing ARM64EC (“Emulation Compatible”), a new way to build apps for Windows 11 on ARM. With the latest Visual Studio tools in preview and the Windows 11 Insider SDK, you'll be able to take advantage of ARM64EC to incrementally transition your app to running with native speed on...
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