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The user @NTAuthority on Twitter managed to successfully run the ARM64 build of Windows 10 Enterprise on the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. This is an ARM build of Windows, but it can run x86 apps through a sort of emulation system that Windows 10 provides.
His test build does boot to desktop successfully and can run Windows 10 apps and the `winver` dialog, `Device Manager`, `Task Manager` and other Windows 10 utilities. The main problem is the lack of drivers for the Pi hardware. Because of this, it uses Software rendering instead of the VideoCore GPU, doesn't support WiFi, GPIO, Audio, Ethernet or any USB device other than a keyboard (which he wrote a "hacky" driver for). His current version only recognizes 1 CPU core instead of all 4 cores the Pi has (he says it is just a few hours of tinkering and it should be just fine - nowhere near as hard as writing drivers.)
He is very busy and hasn't updated it much since February. He is thinking about a GPL code dump and instructions soon - but he hasn't had time to write the instructions or clean up the code for a clean release. Still, it is an amazing proof of concept and shows that it is, in fact, possible to run full Windows 10 on a Pi.
His test build does boot to desktop successfully and can run Windows 10 apps and the `winver` dialog, `Device Manager`, `Task Manager` and other Windows 10 utilities. The main problem is the lack of drivers for the Pi hardware. Because of this, it uses Software rendering instead of the VideoCore GPU, doesn't support WiFi, GPIO, Audio, Ethernet or any USB device other than a keyboard (which he wrote a "hacky" driver for). His current version only recognizes 1 CPU core instead of all 4 cores the Pi has (he says it is just a few hours of tinkering and it should be just fine - nowhere near as hard as writing drivers.)
He is very busy and hasn't updated it much since February. He is thinking about a GPL code dump and instructions soon - but he hasn't had time to write the instructions or clean up the code for a clean release. Still, it is an amazing proof of concept and shows that it is, in fact, possible to run full Windows 10 on a Pi.
