Can I develop a windows 8.1 app using visual studio 2013 in windows embedded 8.1 industry pro

Question

I have an account in Microsoft Dreamspark for STUDENT, I have the opportunity to download and install

Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro (French link) (English link)

I would like to know if I can develop applications for Windows 8.1 using Visual studio 2013? What features of Windows 8.1 Pro are not present in Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro? What is the problem to use this version of Windows knowing that I'm a developer?

Answer 1

You can most certainly use Visual Studio 2013 to develop applications for Windows 8, both "Metro"/"Modern UI" apps as well as native applications. However, Windows Embedded is not your standard, normal Windows version, but rather a version of Windows that's used on appliances like point-of-sale machines etc.

If you want to do normal Windows apps, don't bother with the embedded stuff.