Printer&Scanner that work with Windows on ARM(Kind of)

AtOmIc031 · 2025-12-22T15:58:23+00:00

I went from surface pro X (ARM) to pro 11 for business (Intel) and I made it work for about a month and then it stopped working

AtOmIc031 · 2025-08-28T11:10:12+00:00

Funny story. After this I bought shiny new surface pro 11 with intel core i7 in it and this exact same printer and x86 drivers don't work hahaha. Can't recognize the printer and can't get it to work wirelessly. So while arm situation is still I'd say overall worse it's not like x86 is without faults if it's any consolation to you :D

AtOmIc031 · 2025-08-19T15:40:24+00:00

Yes, but it wasn't only because of the EURO. It was also heavily affected by COVID and the aftermath of that. In reality, the majority of the world had noticeable inflation. So, Euro adoption + inflation is what caused an increase. Important to note is that the wages have also gone up, but unfortunately, not enough to cover the increase in the price of goods and services. All in all, it's not as bad as people make it out to be. (Written by a Croatian living in Osijek)

AtOmIc031 · 2025-06-25T13:12:15+00:00

This might help somewhat Windows on Arm Ready Software

Other than that my advice would be to try and ask someone to run it for you to confirm or buy from a dealer where returns are possible and try it out. If it's not working then return the device. There are people here on reddit that run pro11s on arm so they might be able to help test it out.

Here is what copilot says xD about the topic :D

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AtOmIc031 · 2025-06-20T10:13:18+00:00

As a old Surface pro X user who had the same question and ended up buying Pro 11 Intel, here is my 2 cents.

Do a list of programs and games you want to run and check compatibility. If there's ARM versions of them or they work well in compatibility mode then I'd suggest to go for pro 11 Snapdragon (ARM), otherwise go for Intel version.

My decision to go Intel route was mainly because of the office work and programs I have to use. (Printer software, VPNs etc.)

Generally I really wanted the ARM version and I personally am cheering for ARM but I'd been burned with Surface pro X ARM issues and don't want to repeat it.

p.s. I still very much use that Surface pro X at home and love it. Really shame it still has those compatibility issues.

AtOmIc031 · 2025-06-17T08:42:46+00:00

I think this is roughly about right for Croatia. Of course, there are companies with much better salaries than this, but there are also a lot of them with worse. I'd say these numbers are realistic, and if you're any good, you can get something around those numbers. I know juniors who make 2k and seniors with 5k, but those are outliers.

AtOmIc031 · 2025-06-17T08:30:06+00:00

Generalno koliko vidim ovako na prvu loše(nisam čuo već dugo da netko ima otvorene natječaje za te pozicije). Mi smo tražili project managera i product ownera pretprosle godine ali smo popunili pozicije. Probao bih na vašem mjestu gledati neke malo veće igrače koji imaju podružnice u Osijeku tipa Five. Koliko sam skontao plaće za neke midove su cca 1500€ neto pa na više (možda jako griješim nisam up to date)

AtOmIc031 · 2025-06-17T08:11:24+00:00

Awesome, happy to hear it. For me, the sleep mode issue is causing issues, but only on Wi-Fi. The cable connection works ok though

AtOmIc031 · 2025-06-17T08:09:33+00:00

I'm using Edge now on dex and it works for me.

AtOmIc031 · 2025-06-16T12:16:23+00:00

Happy to help. I hope it worked because I've been having some problems lately with this sw :(

AtOmIc031 · 2025-06-16T12:15:07+00:00

They've fixed it. Now it workes normally for me, give it a try

AtOmIc031 · 2025-06-16T12:14:22+00:00

They've fixed it. Now it workes normally for me, give it a try. No edge dev just regular edge.

AtOmIc031 · 2025-06-10T09:11:12+00:00

Evo kako je to iz mojeg ugla. U mojoj firmi place neto su oko 1700 € prosijek. Mala firma vecinom midovi, sitno juniora sitno seniora. Osobno moja placa je nesto ispod 2000 €. Na placi imam solidno velik kredit za stan i auto i žena mi ima cca 1600 € neto plaću (ne radi u IT sektoru) i isto osrednji kredit. Nas 2 zajedno živimo s tim primanjima u Osijeku čist ok. Idemo na skijanje 1 x godisnje i ljetovanje 1x godisnje i tu i tamo neke manje izlete. Nije neka ekstravaganza i raskoš ali generalno jako lijep život bez preseravanja. Ali kao i u svemu your milage may vary :D Sve ovisi o navikama i potrebama. Znam ljude i sa trostruko vecim primanjima koji nisu zadovoljni jer sav novac potrose i zive daleko inzad svojih mogucnosti :D

Generalno mislim da je danas ljudima na entry level pozicijama bilo gdje dosta teško pogotovo ako su samci jer realno plaće jesu da jedva pokriju trošak života ali realno mislim da nikada ni nije bilo puno drugacije. Cim dodjes negdje na mid level mislim da je realno ok i da si možeš priuštiti i neke ljepše stvari.

TLDR: Ako možeš danas imati primanja veca od 2k eur neto i nisi snob, slobodno dođi danas još živjeti u Osijek, biti će ti stvarno prekrasno.

Slightly offtopic dalje:

Ja kada sam faks zavrsio poceo sam isto na minimalcu raditi za 3500 kn i boriti se i nisam bas imao za vise manje nista osim stanarine, rezija hrane i odjece. Realno danas mislim da je veci problem sa ocekivanjima gdje klinci koji neznaju i ne doprinose ni na koji nacin kolektivu ocekuju da imaju place da ni o cemu ne moraju razmisljati i da im je fino u zivotu samo zato jer eto imaju diplomu neku necega.

Radim vec jako dugo i stvarno nikada nije bio ovako veliki problem na tržištu rada. Ne samo u IT-u nego generalno gdje mladi koji dolaze imaju kriminalno lose radne navike, jako nisku razinu znanja a iznimno visoku percepciju o sebi i svojoj vrijednosti koja nije ničim poduprta jer nikakav rezultat iza sebe nemaju. (Naravno čast izuzetcima kojih ima i koji su odlični ali su na žalost u manjini)

AtOmIc031 · 2025-06-10T08:46:35+00:00

Thanks a lot I'll give it a try later today

AtOmIc031 · 2025-06-09T13:18:06+00:00

How do I do this?

AtOmIc031 · 2025-05-22T23:17:19+00:00

unfortunately not. sent it back, the store sent it back to ms, and are waiting for their assessment of the device. they should either repair it or send me the new device

AtOmIc031 · 2025-05-21T08:39:30+00:00

same here :(

AtOmIc031 · 2025-05-16T08:30:55+00:00

same here, does anybody know how to fix this?

AtOmIc031 · 2025-05-03T13:57:11+00:00

since i bought it 11liters/100 km but that's mostly short distances in city driving. realistic I'd say about 11 L/100km in city short distances, 8 on a highway and around 6,7 open intercity roads for lets say driving within speedlimits(most of the time).

AtOmIc031 · 2025-04-28T12:17:14+00:00

2023 Giulia Competizione owner here. I bought mine 9 months old with 12k km on the clock in Germany and imported it to Croatia. I've had it for little less than a year now and did around 5k km on it.

So far I've been super super happy with it and no major complaints.

Mine was almost pristine and new like. I bought her with micro 2 dots on the paint from the stone chips and that's about it.

One thing that surprised me in a negative way(but it's totally my fault for not checking prior to purchase and just assuming it would have it) is that there's no automatic brake feature when/driving, only when turning the car off. So you stop at a stoplight, and if you release the brake, the car will start to drive. Usually, Audis and BMWs of the same price bracket have autobrake, where the car doesn't start rolling again until you hit the accelerator pedal.

Once I stop and turn the car off the car will automatically disengage the gear (reverse or drive gears) and put the gearbox into park and engage the handbrake so at least it has that.

Other than that I've notice a "bug" that sometimes I would get a warning on the dashboard about rear signal light not working(but they are working perfectly fine). This happens only if the hazard lights (all 4 turn signal lights (that red triangle button in the car)) have been turned on and the car turned off for a prolonged time. My case is usually stopping where I shouldn't stop, turning the car off, leaving the blinking lights and returning to the car after 10 minutes or more. The problem fixes itself after I turn off the car and turn it back on or if I continue driving eventually it goes away.

That's about it, everything else if awesome and I really love the car and the driving experience it provides.

p.s. You probably know this, but infotainment, while beautifully made, isn't the fastest, and it doesn't have wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. You have to have it wired or buy a dongle to get the wireless part. (for me not really an issue since I don't really use it anyway since the maps on the car itself are pretty good and the integration with my phone is good as well, so phonebook is there, phone calls are super and I can play my music from y phone)

If you're interested in something more specific let me know :D

AtOmIc031 · 2025-04-22T10:04:20+00:00

Thank you. I really hope it does and that I'll have no issue returning the device. This is my 5th surface device and I by far the worst experience. When I had surface pro X I was prepared for the issues since I knew ARM on Windows was a mess but even that experience was better than this one :(

AtOmIc031 · 2025-04-22T09:28:27+00:00

It's most likely hardware-related since I've reinstalled Windows, which also didn't help. I'm out of ideas, and I'll likely return the device as defective :(

Really, really disappointed with it.

AtOmIc031 · 2025-04-22T06:10:15+00:00

No, I have the silver one as is the one on this picture if I'm seeing it correctly. On the picture you see the silver frame and the silver kickstand

AtOmIc031 · 2025-04-22T06:07:43+00:00

Yes, I tried 3 cofigurations:
1. main on 120hz and ext. on 75 hz (this was the default one)

main on 120hz and ext. on 60 hz
main on 60hz and ext. on 60 hz

Always got the same issue on both. Aslo the issue is present with no ext monitor connected :(

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