so we've already had two major updates to Windows 10 keeping with Microsoft's
promise that Windows 10 would be the last version of Windows but that doesn't
mean they can't get a little creative about it they just unveiled Windows
10s but wait a minute what does s mean a
Microsoft executive has said it stands for secure Superior streamlined and soul
well I guess they decided to channel Vince McMahon when he told us the X in
XFL stood for things like exciting but I wonder if maybe they should have got the
Harry S Truman rout instead and said the S doesn't really stand for anything well
marketing Misadventures aside what Windows 10s actually is is the diet coke
of desktop operating systems a strip down version of Windows 10 designed for
cheaper PCS that might compete with lowcost gadgets like Chromebooks which
you can learn more about right up here but what exactly has been stripped from
Windows 10s well the biggest change you'll notice is a complete inability to
install anything that isn't an app from the official Windows store making the
platform much more like a non- jailbroken iPhone or iPad and while this
seems like just a huge blow to the flexibility of the computer for no
reason that's right you can't run the useful exe you found on that web page
somewhere Microsoft is tting this as a security feature since trusted apps from
the Windows store are verified by Microsoft to be free from malware and
less likely to have bugs that could slow down or crash your system and this also
means you can't run browsers other than Edge on Windows 10s which Microsoft
again claims is more secure and we're
not going to touch the veracity of that claim but since you can install non-
Chrome browsers on a Chromebook you might be feeling left a little
disappointed if that's what you're used to to be clear though we don't think
this is just a corporate conspiracy to get people to finally start using Bing
if all you need is a machine to update social media watch video and make Skype
calls computers with Windows 10s pre-installed will start at less than
$200 and unlike the complete disaster that was Windows RT Windows 10s runs on
full fat x86 64 processors so using the
new OS doesn't necessarily mean you'll have to compromise on performance and
while Microsoft hasn't yet confirmed that these devices will be SSD only they
claim they'll start up within 15 seconds and it seems likely anyway given that
solid state storage is standard for Chromebooks the generally low price
points and the more restricted nature of the operating system means that
Microsoft is really marketing Windows 10s heavily to organizations like
schools who may want to buy laptops or tablets and bulk for students but don't
want them installing God knows what thing they found on 4chan or any gaming
platforms like steam or origin neither of which are offered in the Windows
store so this means that Windows 10s is a bit of a strange mishmash of
philosophies on the one hand is hobble by the Limited number of of programs you
can install but on the other it has advanced features like domain support
Remote Management and bit Locker Drive encryption so that it administrators
have more control over devices that are floating around in backpacks or
briefcases all over campus but Microsoft thinks they have the solution they're
trying to solve both sides of the chicken and egg Problem by making the
devices cheap for bulk purchases and making it easier for developers who
haven't ported their applications over to the Windows store to do so good thing
too because limited apps is a huge part of what sunk Windows phone not too long
ago so is Microsoft on to something here do you think that Windows 10s is a
sensible alternative if you just need a machine for a few specific tasks but
still want a respectable amount of power and you don't want to use Chrome OS or
is it just another futile attempt by Microsoft to beat us over the head with
a Windows store now sound off down below in the comments along with what you
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