Certainly not simply by plug & play as on Apple devices.
According to Apple support, you can also get the thing to run under Windows, but only if you install the right drivers.
http://www.apple.com/ch-de...

I use the drive with various MacBooks and an iMac, which works great. For Windows I would rather look for better compatible drives. There are also some quite elegant offers here:
https://www.digitec.ch/de...

Thanks for the info, jumping!

The same thing went through my mind as Léon_2002. Great design! Would look good next to a Microsoft Surface Book (unfortunately there is no external Surface drive...).

But I do wonder why a simple drive has to be installed in a "roundabout way" in order for it to run. It's just a drive...