Windows 11 ARM support

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When will this project support WIndows 11 ARM, like the new snapdragon X elite laptop chips?

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I'm afraid not in the

I'm afraid not in the foreseeable future. Our resources are limited, and we decide on what to focus our efforts on based on the overall additional computing power it would gain us. I don't see a large benefit for us on that platform. Is there even a BOINC client for Windows on ARM?

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I don't know if there is, but

I don't know if there is, but I'll go on the official BOINC forum now and ask around, then I'll return to you with an answer :)

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the current status is: 1/

the current status is:
1/ boinc client is supported
2/ boinc installer will arrive soon https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/pull/5930
3/ for applications, visual studio is supported, but gcc 15/mingw currently isn't
4/ even if the aarch64 linux is supported by the app, it usually needs some build changes

once the Boinc itself has proper Windows ARM support, I can help build Einstein's apps for the platform, but it likely won't be soon.

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Windows 11 also supports x64

Windows 11 also supports x64 applications (I can confirm it works ok), but the performance will be worse than with a native ARM application due to the emulation layer.

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