What is Windows 10 S?
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·Techquickie
·2018-05-06
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1,023 words · ~5 min read
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so we've already had two major updates to Windows 10 keeping with Microsoft's
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promise that Windows 10 would be the last version of Windows but that doesn't
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mean they can't get a little creative about it they just unveiled Windows
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10s but wait a minute what does s mean a
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Microsoft executive has said it stands for secure Superior streamlined and soul
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well I guess they decided to channel Vince McMahon when he told us the X in
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XFL stood for things like exciting but I wonder if maybe they should have got the
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Harry S Truman rout instead and said the S doesn't really stand for anything well
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marketing Misadventures aside what Windows 10s actually is is the diet coke
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of desktop operating systems a strip down version of Windows 10 designed for
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cheaper PCS that might compete with lowcost gadgets like Chromebooks which
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you can learn more about right up here but what exactly has been stripped from
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Windows 10s well the biggest change you'll notice is a complete inability to
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install anything that isn't an app from the official Windows store making the
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platform much more like a non- jailbroken iPhone or iPad and while this
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seems like just a huge blow to the flexibility of the computer for no
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reason that's right you can't run the useful exe you found on that web page
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somewhere Microsoft is tting this as a security feature since trusted apps from
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the Windows store are verified by Microsoft to be free from malware and
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less likely to have bugs that could slow down or crash your system and this also
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means you can't run browsers other than Edge on Windows 10s which Microsoft
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again claims is more secure and we're
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not going to touch the veracity of that claim but since you can install non-
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Chrome browsers on a Chromebook you might be feeling left a little
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disappointed if that's what you're used to to be clear though we don't think
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this is just a corporate conspiracy to get people to finally start using Bing
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if all you need is a machine to update social media watch video and make Skype
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calls computers with Windows 10s pre-installed will start at less than
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$200 and unlike the complete disaster that was Windows RT Windows 10s runs on
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full fat x86 64 processors so using the
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new OS doesn't necessarily mean you'll have to compromise on performance and
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while Microsoft hasn't yet confirmed that these devices will be SSD only they
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claim they'll start up within 15 seconds and it seems likely anyway given that
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solid state storage is standard for Chromebooks the generally low price
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points and the more restricted nature of the operating system means that
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Microsoft is really marketing Windows 10s heavily to organizations like
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schools who may want to buy laptops or tablets and bulk for students but don't
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want them installing God knows what thing they found on 4chan or any gaming
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platforms like steam or origin neither of which are offered in the Windows
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store so this means that Windows 10s is a bit of a strange mishmash of
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philosophies on the one hand is hobble by the Limited number of of programs you
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can install but on the other it has advanced features like domain support
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Remote Management and bit Locker Drive encryption so that it administrators
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have more control over devices that are floating around in backpacks or
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briefcases all over campus but Microsoft thinks they have the solution they're
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trying to solve both sides of the chicken and egg Problem by making the
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devices cheap for bulk purchases and making it easier for developers who
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haven't ported their applications over to the Windows store to do so good thing
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too because limited apps is a huge part of what sunk Windows phone not too long
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ago so is Microsoft on to something here do you think that Windows 10s is a
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sensible alternative if you just need a machine for a few specific tasks but
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still want a respectable amount of power and you don't want to use Chrome OS or
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is it just another futile attempt by Microsoft to beat us over the head with
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a Windows store now sound off down below in the comments along with what you
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