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Windows 10S

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
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A stripped-down version of Win10, likened to the Chrome OS on Chromebooks. Only runs store apps, claims it's targeted at education but it seems like a Microsoft monopoly.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/3/15530588/microsoft-windows-10s-features

Even the pros are confused.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/2/15518752/windows-10s-operating-system-confusion

Comments

  • jmgjmg Posts: 15,173
    Isn't this Microsoft becoming Apple ?

    The hardware it targets sounds useful for students, well most students....
    Those Students that write and share code, maybe less so, if they want to share EXE files.

    I guess this hinges on how easy it is, to add free software into Microsoft's 'Store'
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    OMG, I need that. How much pre-loaded nagware do you get?

    I'm proud to say that my latest robot is running Debian. I used to dream about building a little ITX Windows box on a robot, used to.
  • whickerwhicker Posts: 749
    As usual, there's a market for it, but you guys are feeling left out.

    It's for those people that want an appliance.
    A basic text, photo, video, and audio communication device, and that's it.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    Windows Ten and errant robots...

    Reminds me of an old joke about misplaced oscilloscope probes:

    Bugs Bunny: Why do they call them 10:1 probes, doc?
    Elmer Fudd: Because they ten to wun away...
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,451
    S is DOA.

    Windows is only Windows because of the ecosystem of legacy applications (not "apps"). 10S might appeal to those who just want to surf the web and read email, but then so would a Chromebook or hey their PHONE. This is not the dumbest idea Microsoft has ever had (anybody remember Bob? Anybody still using .NET?) But it's up there.
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