We are now seeing Windows computers running on ARM processors. This holds gives us the possibility for cooler running, high-performance machines with great battery life.
Unfortunately, As of 2024/06/18 no drawing tablets work when used with Windows on ARM processors. I had been hoping that tablet manufacturers would have already updated their drivers in preparing for the widespread availability of ARM PCs in June of 2024. However that did not happen. And existing intel tablet drivers do not work correctly.
I do expect this situation will be addressed quickly with driver updates. And I will update this page as the situation evolves.
I did all my testing an a Surface Laptop 15 inch (7th edition) using the Snapdragon X Elite processor.
Wacom is aware of the issue and is working on ARM drivers - Does Wacom have a driver for PCs that run Windows 11 on ARM processors (e.g. Snapdragon X)?
driver version 6.4.6-2
status: DOES NOT WORK - installer says the operating system is not supported.
tested on 2024/06/18
driver version 4.0.1.240520
status: DOES NOT WORK - installs but driver UI crashes, pen does not move pointer
tested on 2024/06/18
driver version 3.4.14.240603
status: DOES NOT WORK - installs but driver UI crashes, pen does not move pointer
tested on 2024/06/18
driver version v15.7.6.1073
status: DOES NOT WORK - driver UI does not launch, pen does not move pointer
tested on 2024/06/18
Microsoft previously released versions of the Surface Pro with using the SQ`1 and SQ2 ARM processors. Interestingly, the new Windows improvements for ARM processors seem to be improving performance on these old devices.
See this reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Surface/comments/1czcxoc/windows_11_24h2_update_made_my_arm_tablet_faster/
Your best performance will be with those apps that are built for ARM.
Go to https://armrepo.ver.lt/ for a list of apps that are available with native ARM support.