Asus Zenfone 2 running Windows 7

[aarondennis96]

So a dev over at XDA got Windows 7 running on the Zenfone 2. It looks quite awesome

 

Video demonstration (from the article)

 

XDA Article

http://www.xda-developers.com/windows-7-installation-achieved-on-asus-zenfone-2/

 

Forum post and how to get it working

http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/zf2-running-windows-7-using-kvm-t3153299

 

LinusTechTips review of the phone

 

Tek Syndicate/Wendell's review of the phone

[Kherm]

I knew mobile Intel chips could run full Windows

 

Now they need to put Windows 10 on there, and via Continuum, run full Desktop Windows Applications.  

[asim1999]

I knew mobile Intel chips could run full Windows

 

Now they need to put Windows 10 on there, and via Continuum, run full Desktop Windows Applications.

True, i would love to run full PC games on a phone using a controller natively 

[ShadowCaptain]

True, i would love to run full PC games on a phone using a controller natively 

yeah if only it was powerful enough to actually do that

[aarondennis96]

It is technically possible to run Windows 10 (or any other ISO/OS), because it's running a virtual machine rather than natively, but it's still really cool to see how powerful these tiny devices actually are!

[aarondennis96]

It is theoretically possible to run steam in home streaming from your phone, although I don't know how well the Atom would perform...

[NumLock21]

ZF2 runs on a Intel Atom, the same cpu used on some netbook and laptops. I wonder what is his winSAT score.

[Doobeedoo]

In time x86-64 will be everywhere and OS will simply be crossover on devices.

[Techhog]

It is theoretically possible to run steam in home streaming from your phone, although I don't know how well the Atom would perform...

I'm surprised that hasn't been ported to the Android app yet.

[TopWargamer]

That's awesome, seriously, but it looks like it's "emulating" it or streaming it from software... I dunno, but it doesn't look like it's running natively. 

 

Still awesome though! Probably kills battery life.

[jbslayer]

So a dev over at XDA got Windows 7 running on the Zenfone 2. It looks quite awesome

 

Video demonstration (from the article, not sure how to embed Youtube videos )

 

 

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[aarondennis96]

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Awesome Thanks for that

[Zeruel]

yeah if only it was powerful enough to actually do that

 

I wonder if an gameboy VM would be too hard to run haha.

[frostin1990]

In time x86-64 will be everywhere and OS will simply be crossover on devices.

I guess when OnePlusThree comes out we could play Starcraft 2, Dota 2 and LOL on it.

[Mew]

And not too long ago, we were hyped about the possibility of running Windows rt on devices such as the hp touchpad.....

[aarondennis96]

And not too long ago, we were hyped about the possibility of running Windows rt on devices such as the hp touchpad.....

And a little bit longer ago there was some hype around running Ubuntu off of your android phone

[GoodBytes]

While cool and all... what is the battery life?

This is also running under VM. Not natively.

[evilarceus]

Great, now we have to wait for desktop GPUs in phones

[ShadowCaptain]

I wonder if an gameboy VM would be too hard to run haha.

 

or just download the gameboy emulator for android