Microsoft Surface Tablet: Writing Apps for Both Devices?

Question

I'm having trouble finding info right now; it might still be too early. But I'm curious if developers will be able to easily write an application that can target both the ARM and Intel versions of the tablet.

I would guess that the ARM version of Windows will come with near full .NET support and that VS2012 would have new templates that can target both device types, no?

Answer 1

Is this what you are looking for?

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/02/09/building-windows-for-the-arm-processor-architecture.aspx

Metro style apps in the Windows Store can support both WOA and Windows 8 on x86/64. Developers wishing to target WOA do so by writing applications for the WinRT (Windows APIs for building Metro style apps) using the new Visual Studio 11 tools in a variety of languages, including C#/VB/XAML and Jscript/ HTML5. Native code targeting WinRT is also supported using C and C++, which can be targeted across architectures and distributed through the Windows Store. WOA does not support running, emulating, or porting existing x86/64 desktop apps. Code that uses only system or OS services from WinRT can be used within an app and distributed through the Windows Store for both WOA and x86/64. Consumers obtain all software, including device drivers, through the Windows Store and Microsoft Update or Windows Update.