Windows 10 Preview build 21286

Installing it now on my MacBook Pro. M1 Parallels with Windows 10 for ARM, Insider Build 2004 21286…

  • Bluescreened on first boot.
  • Good news, all my files are where I left them
  • Edge launches and runs. Pretty quick, too.
  • Office installer runs, logs in with my Authenticator. Word works perfectly. So does Excel.
  • Maps runs and works (even knows my location once that’s turned on in Settings)
  • Klondike solitaire just sits there - probably not ARM compatible
  • I can see and browse the Mac within Windows
  • Explorer works
  • Microsoft Store, Calculator, Calendar will not open

I suspect the issue is that only ARM version of apps will run. Even in Windows for ARM, not all the apps are ARM? I’m just amazed that I can run Windows on an M1 Mac!

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