Windows 11 for arm properly on the iPad Air M2: EU and JIT make it possible

Users within the European Union can now run the ARM version of Windows 11 in a sufficiently faster form on iPads with M-SOC. The reported The hobbyist and developer NTDEV, with its software Tiny11 (and before Tiny10) You can build a slimmed down Microsoft operating system that should not contain bloatware. This can be implemented thanks to the VM and emulation software UTM, which it is in the alternative app store Altstore Pal Now also with support for Just-in-time compilation (JIT). The Altstore Pal is only available within the EU because thanks to Digital Markets Act (DMA) Alternative app stores are allowed.

Altstore Classic within Altstore Pal

So that JIT works, some special work is necessary: ​​In addition to the installation of Altstore Classic within Altstore Pal, the Stikdebug Jit Compiler be activated. For this you need some effort and a Mac or a PC. The Altstore Classic is Part of Altstore Pal And has been there by default since version 2.2. He allows apps to be carried out that have not been notarized – however, whether this tolerates Apple in the long run remains to be seen.

NTDEV announces that he was able to use Windows 11 arm on an iPad Air M2-i.e. the pre-model of the current M3 device-largely without any problems. Without Jit it could hardly be possible. Tiny11 ensures that only the most important components come along. Windows code is not changed, but for many users supposedly unimportant is omitted. This reduces both RAM and SSD requirements. “It was actually very simple: For a few days now, the EU countries have been able to install the Altstore Classic app, which allowed me to install the full UTM that integrates a JIT compilation. So that JIT actually works, I had to use stikingbug that allows it to run on the device without Altjit or other external solutions,” said NTDEV opposite the blog Windowslatest. This is extremely useful because you are for Altjit had previously needed its own server in its own WiFi.

Boot only thanks to Jit

However, for installing Windows 11 arm on the iPad The old store offered by Altstore as an accompanying app necessary for installation. Since you need a Mac or a PC for the JIT release anyway, this is not particularly important. Basically, the installation has become much easier.

“Without JIT (you) would not even boot,” said NTDEV. You build the necessary ARM64 image on a PC tiny11builder. Altstore Classic serves the Sideloading of UTM with JIT, then the activation of STIKDEBUG is activated. Windows 11 for arm has already been installed on iPhones using jailbreak and it is already running on Android devices.