/tags/windows/ Recent content in Windows on Michael S. Collier Hugo en-us Michael S. Collier Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:27:02 -0400 /developing-with-arm-based-surface-laptop-copilot-pc/ Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /developing-with-arm-based-surface-laptop-copilot-pc/ <p>This week I was excited to <em>finally</em> get my hands on a new PC for my personal use. I purchased one of the <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/configure/surface-laptop-15-inch/8mzbmmcjzqc4">new ARM-based Surface Laptop Copilot+ PCs</a>. As a developer focused on .NET and Azure, I was eager to see how well this sleek new machine could handle my day-to-day workflow.</p> <p>While performance and battery life have impressed me so far, I’ve run into a few bumps in the road when it comes to local development, especially in areas that rely on platform-specific tooling or containerized environments. In this post, I’ll highlight a couple of early challenges I’ve encountered and what I did to work around them. I’ll update this post as I learn more and adapt my setup.</p>