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What is the recommended hardware for Hololens development
I am purchasing a new machine, what are the recommended specs / brand / model for dev work
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The official requirements are (very bottom):
Windows 10 PC able to run Visual Studio 2015 and Unity.If you don't need to run the emulator then you really don't need much. The HoloLens does not use the PC for anything aside from building your application.
If you want to run the emulator you will need to have a Windows 10 edition that includes Hyper-V. You may also wish to have an SSD and something like a Core i5 with 2-4 cores. Personally I run on a Surface Book and have no problems running the emulator.
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I'm successfully developing on Windows 8.1, not running the emulator but connecting to my HoloLenses via USB (one at a time). I've seen no problems so far.
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The official requirements are (very bottom):
Windows 10 PC able to run Visual Studio 2015 and Unity.
If you don't need to run the emulator then you really don't need much. The HoloLens does not use the PC for anything aside from building your application.
If you want to run the emulator you will need to have a Windows 10 edition that includes Hyper-V. You may also wish to have an SSD and something like a Core i5 with 2-4 cores. Personally I run on a Surface Book and have no problems running the emulator.
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This post provided as-is with no warranties and confers no rights. Using information provided is done at own risk.
(Daddy, what does 'now formatting drive C:' mean?)
I'm successfully developing on Windows 8.1, not running the emulator but connecting to my HoloLenses via USB (one at a time). I've seen no problems so far.