xmovingx Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 hello.. new to this.. and so far this is a great forum... i havent looked around on here yet, but had anyone loaded windows or a diff. os on there z1??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GnatGoSplat Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 That would be extra-difficult on the Z-series because it uses a Hitachi SH4 based processor. No ready-made Windows CE will run on it since most CE devices use an ARM processor. To run Windows CE on the Z-series will require you to custom compile it using Platform Builder. You'd have to use existing drivers so that limits you to PB4.2. So far I haven't been able to get anyone to give me a copy of PB4.2, although PB6.0 30-day eval is freely available from Microsoft. As for real Windows like XP, not a chance. Linux could be possible, but not without a lot of reverse engineering that nobody is willing to devote the time to do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sneach Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 What operating system does the Z1 use? do Z2 & Z3 run the same? I've been using search, but not having luck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GnatGoSplat Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Yeah, they all run the same OS. Windows Automotive 4.2 which is a stripped down Windows CE. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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