- Tiny11 was successfully installed on an iPad Air M2
- The light version of Windows 11 works on the Apple tablet via emulation
- However, do not expect anything close to smooth performance levels
In the current quest to have software (or games – generally misfortune) working on unexpected devices, a new twist has become then that someone managed to operate Windows 11 on an iPad Air.
Windows Central noticed the feat obtained using Tiny11, a light version of Windows 11 which was installed on an iPad Air with an M2 chip.
NTDEV, the developer of Tiny11, was at the origin of this effort and used the Arm64 variant of their slimline version of Windows 11. The Microsoft operating system was executed on iPad air using emulation (UTM with Jit, explains the developer – a PC emulator, in short).
So, is Windows 11 impressive on an iPad Air? No, in a word. The developer is waiting for more than a minute and a half for the office to appear, and the features of Windows 11 (task manager, parameters) and the applications take care of it is fairly small – but they work.
The illustrative YouTube clip below gives you a good idea of what you expect: it is far from being a fluid experience, but it is always a little better than the planned developer.
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This stripped incarnation of Windows 11 certainly works better on an iPad Air than on an iPhone 15 Pro, which NTDEV has demonstrated in the past (starting the operating system has taken 20 minutes on a smartphone).
However, as indicated at the beginning, the achievements of the world of technology are sometimes simply amazed that something can be done at all, rather than having practical value.
You would not want to use Windows 11 on an iPad (or even iPhone) in this way, anyway, in the same way that you would not want to play Doom on a toothbrush even if it is possible (would you do it?).
He also underlines the niftése of Tiny11, the bloating plug of Windows 11 which has existed for a few years now. If you need a more rationalized version of the new Microsoft operating system, Tiny11 certainly offers (keeping in mind certain safety linked to security).
There are all kinds of sockets on this application, including a ridiculously slipped version of Tiny11 (which arrives at a featherweight of 100 MB). And, of course, the Arm64 spin used in this iPad Air demonstration, which we have already seen installed on the Raspberry Pi.
