Microsoft is bringing Windows desktop apps to mobile ARM processors

Four years ago, Microsoft wanted to ditch its traditional desktop apps in favor of new touch-based apps for tablets with ARM processors. Windows RT was the official name for the Windows on ARM project, and it debuted on Microsoft's first Surface RT device. It was a bold and confusing attempt to force people into a new world of touch apps, but Microsoft made the fatal mistake of providing something that looked like Windows but didn't function like Windows. Windows RT couldn't run traditional desk...