Intel：ARM版Windows 8将不对x86兼容

Intel: No x86 Compatibility on ARM Version of Windows 8
Intel：ARM版Windows 8将不对x86兼容
posted by Thom Holwerda on Wed 18th May 2011 21:50 UTC, submitted by fran
发表于：2011年5月19日 北京时间05:50

The ARM version of Windows 8 might have just become the most desired version of Windows in our hearts and minds. After us talking about legacy code and backwards compatibility in Windows for years now, an Intel senior vice president, Renee James, has just stated that Windows 8 on ARM will not have any form of compatibility for legacy applications whatsoever.
ARM版Windows 8可能是我们心中最最期待的一款Windows版本了。这么多年以来，我们一直在讨论Windows对遗留代码和早先程序的兼容性。Intel高级副总裁Renee James刚刚表明，ARM上的Windows 8无论如何都将无法具有对早先应用任何形式的兼容。

It's no secret that Microsoft is working on a tablet user interface experience for Windows 8. This new user interface will run on both Intel and ARM chips (obviously), but Intel has confirmed that while the x86 version of Windows 8 will obviously be able to run the vast collection of legacy applications, the ARM version will not. "Our competitors will not be running legacy applications. Not now. Not ever," James said.
微软正致力于开发一款Windows 8平板电脑用户界面体验已不再是什么秘密。该新版用户界面在Intel和ARM都将可以运行（显然）。然而Intel确认，尽管x86版本的Windows 8显然仍将支持那一批浩瀚的早先应用，ARM版的却没办法。“我们的竞争对手将无法运行早先应用。现在不会，将来也永远不会，”James说。

The setup seems to be that Windows 8 will come in two trees, if you will: Windows 8 'traditional', as Intel puts it, runs on x86 and includes a Windows 7 mode to run legacy applications. The ARM version of Windows 8 will not have this Windows 7 mode for legacy applications. What intrigues me is this: does this mean that on x86, the Windows 7 mode is optional? That you can simply not install it and only run new applications?
看来，微软该计划的内容是将Windows 8划分为两个分支：‘传统’Windows 8，如Intel所言，将运行在x86之上，并包含一个Windows 7模式以运行早先应用；ARM版Windows 8将不具备支持早先应用的Windows 7模式。让人感兴趣的是：这是否意味着在x86上，Windows 7模式是可选的？于是你可以不安装它，只运行新型应用？

If that's the case, then we could be looking at a significantly leaner Windows 8, where much of the legacy stuff has been relegated to an optional package. This would be the culmination of a large, ongoing project within the Windows team to componentise and restructure the Windows operating system, a process which started somewhere in 2002 or 2003.
如果确实是这样的话，那我们将看到一个超级大瘦身的Windows 8----许许多多早先应用都被归入一个可选的安装包中。这将会让Windows组进入一个浩大的、持续不断的组织与重建Windows操作系统的进程高潮；该进程其实早在2002到2003年某一刻起，就开始了。

In any case, if Intel is telling the truth here, it will at least mean that the ARM version of Windows 8 will not include any Rosetta-like technology (not unsurprising, since ARM is not (yet) fast enough to properly emulate x86), and that the recently demonstrated ARM version of Office is indeed fully native.
无论如何，如果Intel这里说的是实话，这至少意味着ARM版Windows 8将不会包含Rosetta（Rosetta是苹果电脑公司发布的在Mac OS X上的一个二进制编译器软件。它可以让在Power PC平台上开发的软件在英特尔平台的麦金塔电脑上顺利运行）类似的技术（不奇怪，因为ARM（暂时）无法达到足够的速度来仿真x86）；最近有过演示的ARM版Office正是完全在宿主机上运行。

英文原文：http://www.osnews.com/story/24758/Intel_No_x86_Compatibility_on_ARM_Version_of_Windows_8
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