Windows 11 can be squeezed onto an iPad Air, with big caveats

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A developer has managed to get a version of Windows 11 running locally on an iPad Air, but don’t expect an official release anytime soon.

Tablet displaying a Windows operating system with a blue abstract background. The start menu is open, showing various application icons and a search bar.

An example of what Windows 11 could look like on an iPad

The nature of Apple’s mobile devices means you can’t install any other operating systems on them other than iOS or iPadOS. However, as one developer has worked out, it’s possible to get Windows to run on an iPad.

In a video posted to YouTube on Sunday, a developer under the pseudonym “NTDev” shared how he got Windows 11 going on an iPad Air, equipped with the M2 chip. Normally not possible under typical conditions, the video shows that the PC operating system can be set to run as a virtual machine.

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