The matter is that Windows is developed for x86 processors, while Raspberry Pi bases on the ARM ones, so you will never meet any OS for x86 to be compatible with ARM. In all those cases you will get the Raspbian device as a screener, but not the working machine. But they can hardly meet your needs as you won't get what you want – Windows 7 working on Raspberry Pi. So let’s look at the issue from that angle.įirstly, you can find on the Internet a lot of different ways to connect remotely to Windows desktop from your RPi.
But, this isn’t a big deal to start, run and operate any x86 Windows application directly on Raspberry Pi or any other ARM-based device. So, let’s start with the spoiler – no, unfortunately, it isn’t possible to run Windows directly on RPi. There is a lot of information you can find on Windows for ARM devices topic, so here comes the time for our blog to sum up everything!
“Is it possible to install or use Windows 7 on Raspberry Pi?” seems one of the most popular questions we meet on forums and receive from our mail subscribers. Raspberry Pi Windows 7 is a trending query for people who are really into Raspberry Pi and IOT making nowadays.