Port Studio to ARM64 WIndows

Feature Requests Studio Features
#1

To save time and not repeat everything, I’ll link a similar post for Mac here.

I’ll add in a few things to justify my reasoning for it here.

  • Windows has a much higher market share right now, and I’m sure this will reflect with the ARM based Windows laptops. I see no reason that one side should have it and the other shouldn’t.
  • The emulation performance right now is great but I’d personally rather have it natively.
  • The effort for it should be minimal since a compiler can do a lot of the heavy lifting for you.
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[PLUGIN] Interface Tools
#2

Arm based windows devices accounted for 1% of computer users (8-10% of total computers with Macs included) in 2023.

There is no reason to put in the effort if roblox refuses to make a version for 2% of computer users (linux users)

#3

This is false. ARM-based PCs had a market share of nearly 14% in 2023. And a Linux user can have a machine ARM-based. Porting Studio to ARM-based machines will obviously benefit everyone.

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#4

i would want to have an ARM machine, it’s heat efficient , power efficient and therefor less noise and more battery life

i don’t see why not

what’s the downside here? it is in early stage so i understand not a lot of programs are supported yet, YET when they are there wouldn’t be a reason to not have one assuming the benefits outweighs the compromises

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#5

That is including macs in the 2023 statistic which make up the majority of that statistic (which already have an arm build iirc, this is about Windows on Arm). But including a study from 2024 (i was using one from 2023 pre-Arm windows laptops being available since they released in 2024) its 11% of windows users, so around 10% of computer users worldwide

I’m not saying it would be a bad thing, its just roblox already claims they “struggle” maintaining basic features so i doubt they would be willing to do an entire new port for a minority of developers. Porting Player to ARM64 is a different story though since (sadly) ARM64 will probably gain more users

#6

there’s way more than 2% people using linux, since a lot of people are switching to linux since windows 11 isn’t that good and windows 10’s updates will end in 2025

#7

i mean thats the statistic I found but still

roblox refuses to acknowledge developer groups larger than ones with an ARM Windows laptop so this most likely wont happen

#8

I’d switch to Linux in a heartbeat if Roblox Studio had proper support, I absolutely hate Microsoft and Windows 11

More people will adopt ARM and Linux over the years to come, we’ll just have to wait

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#9

personally I see RISC-V overtaking arm once the big companies see the potential in the current Mini ATX RISC-V boards that have gone from iPhone 4 level to Core 2 Quad level in a span of a few years

#10

My Android phone has a Debian subsystem installed.

You can also find ARM-based Debian systems running on Raspberry Pi’s.