[MinnowBoard] Windows on the MinnowBoard Max!

[Michael Jarvis]

I don't subscribe to Money Magazine, so I'm curious this 9" (22.86cm)
rule...how do they define it? If the device is smaller than 9" x 9" x 9",
you're okay to install the OS for free?

I found some links in the press, but they all seem to be referring to
tablet size. Theoretically you could buy something like a Zotac mini
computer and just run it with a tiny touch-screen monitor, or headless, but
I don't know why you'd want to run Windows on something headless.




On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 4:56 PM, L.M. <luism at ieee.org> wrote:

>  Funny. I just read an X-Ray: Microsoft on Money Magazine (Sept 2014 issue
> page 44 - hot off the press) where it says: "The software giant is taking a
> page out of Google's playbook. Manufacturers can now use Windows OS free on
> any device smaller than 9 inches......"
>
> Maybe not that expensive after all.
>
> Luism
>
>
> On 08/25/2014 05:35 PM, Christopher Price wrote:
>
> You may have to delete the trailing quote on the URL.
>
>  We hadn’t yet added dual-boot support for Console OS and Windows 8.1. I
> think we’ll have to wait for the full details - the team winced when I
> brought up the notion of cramming 8.1 and Console OS onto the same 4GB
> eMMC… but anything’s possible with USB and SATA.
>
>  Really nice news overall. It’ll be interesting to hear if Microsoft
> offers some Windows license akin to Windows 8.1 with Bing for the MAX.
> Right now a Windows 8.1 standard license rivals the cost of the Minnowboard
> MAX itself!
>
>  Microsoft does hint that won’t be an issue at least for developers:
>
>  “*The ability for developers to download a copy of Windows OS *from
> MSDN, where they will also find a link pointing to a location where all
> board-specific drivers will be hosted. In addition, Microsoft will provide
> scripts to help deploy the OS onto a USB key, or to boot from a USB key and
> deploy the OS to internal storage."
>
>  Christopher Price
> ConsoleOS.com - iConsole.tv
>
>  On Aug 25, 2014, at 2:16 PM, David Rolfe <David at montala.co.uk> wrote:
>
>   Hi,
>
> Before I watched the live broadcast this evening (in the U.K.) I had no
> idea that I was buying an officially Microsoft supported Windows
> Development Board... but now I have!
>
> What a pleasant surprise!
>
> Check out “http://msdn.microsoft.com/hardwaredevboard”
> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/hardwaredevboard%94> for more details!
>
> Interesting times ahead I think.
>
> Regards,
>
> David
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