Testing "Volterra" — Microsoft's Windows Dev Kit 2023 ARM PC

The Windows Developer Kit 2023 ('Project Volterra') is like an M1 Mac mini for Windows. Except it has an upgradeable SSD.

But is it fast enough? And why didn't they just call it the Surface Desktop?

Mentioned in this video:

- Microsoft Windows Dev Kit 2023: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/windows-dev-kit-2023/94k0p67w7581
- M1 Mac mini: https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/
- Alex Ellis' Blog post on Linux on the Dev Kit: https://blog.alexellis.io/linux-on-microsoft-dev-kit-2023/
- My review of the Dot 1 Mini PC (Microsoft's Wasted Potential): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WgG2sGEhzo
- Blog post with more detail: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/testing-microsofts-windows-dev-kit-2023-project-volterra

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Contents:

00:00 - Windows on what?
01:44 - Tearing it down
03:26 - Windows on ARM
04:33 - Benchmarks
07:42 - Linux support
09:13 - Hope