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Home > News > Faster Raspberry Pi 2 With Windows 10 Support Announced
Raspberry Pi 2 Model B

Faster Raspberry Pi 2 With Windows 10 Support Announced

February 2, 2015 by giovanni

Raspberry Pi 2 Model B

Six months on from the release of the Raspberry Pi Model B+, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has today announced the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B – a brand new version of the single board computer that features significantly improved hardware, and perhaps most notably, support for Windows 10.

So how does the new Raspberry Pi 2 Model B compare to the older Raspberry Pi 1 Model B+? The biggest difference is the inclusion of a 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU, which the foundation says will offer up to six times the performance of the Raspberry Pi 1 B+. In addition, the new board has 1GB of RAM, which is double the amount of the older model. The rest of the board; including the size, layout, and ports, remains the same – making it backwards compatible with the previous generation.

It’s thanks to the transition from ARMv6 to ARMv7 architecture, that the Raspberry Pi 2 will be able to run Windows. The Raspberry Pi Foundation says it’s been working closely with Microsoft over the last six months to bring official Windows 10 support to the new board. Microsoft will be offering a special Pi-compatible version to makers (for free) later this year through its Windows Developer Program for IoT.

The new Raspberry Pi 2 is priced at $35, and is available to purchase today from element14 and RS Components. That’s exactly the same price as the Raspberry Pi 1 Model B and Model B+, which the foundation says will continue to be produced whilst demand remains.

Whether you own a Rasberry Pi or not, we’d love to know what you think about the new model. You can leave a comment below or tag us on your social network of choice.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: computers, internet of things, makers, Microsoft, PC, raspberry pi

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Comments

  1. Diego says

    February 3, 2015 at 7:59 am

    The processor has an ARM architecture, you will not be able to run a full windows 10 with desktop there.

    The version for this device will be similar to windows 10 mobile, the 8 inches tablet version, or a simple core. All that versions will run nice even with 512MB of ram.

    Anyway we only need to wait!! 🙂

  2. Joe Dempsey, Sr. says

    February 3, 2015 at 5:08 am

    According to Raspberry Pi and Microsoft, there will be a Raspberry Pi version of Windows 10 . They didn’t specify which features of Windows 10 would be supported. It is Microsoft’s intention to make Windows 10 a multi-platform OS. The Pi will also be able to run Ubuntu. They didn’t specify whether the Ubuntu would be a specific version for the Pi or it would run the standard Ubuntu. I suspect the latter.

  3. Diego says

    February 2, 2015 at 12:05 pm

    That are very good news Mr Dixon!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iavT62K5q8#t=36

  4. Alastair Dodwell says

    February 2, 2015 at 12:01 pm

    Exciting – But can we expect to run any version of Windows in 1GB of RAM? Not since Windows 286 has 1GB of RAM enough.

    Will wait and see.

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