Microsoft is introducing a new version of Windows called the Windows 10 S. What exactly is the point of it and how is it different from all the other versions of windows you might be using and what does the S even stand for? That is obviously what am going to cover today.
So before we go over the features and differences with windows 10 S, it’s important to know why Microsoft created this version of windows In the first place because it is not really meant to be a regular version of windows that you might install on your main desktop computer.
Instead, you could think of it as a more streamline AKA lock down version of windows and they said they mainly wanted to create this for educational environments where teachers will need better control of how the computers are being used by students.
However, they seem to be wanting to put this on Surface Pro Laptops and tablets as well which I will get to it later.
So with this goal in mind, the main difference of windows 10 S is that you can only install apps from the windows app store and the idea being students are restricted from installing any old programs than they are less likely to ruin it by installing malware or something like that.
Now, right off the Bart, this should make you realize that windows 10 S is not some sort of upgraded version of windows but rather the exact opposite.
By design, it’s extremely limited. There are some other differences that are also a bit questionable, for example, it only allows you to use the Edge Web Browser. You can also only use Bing as your default search engine. Yeah, that is just retarded.
It turns out Microsoft is going to be putting windows 10 S on their new Surface Laptop and the good news is windows 10 S is still fully capable of running programs from outside the app store.
Now that obviously sounds very bad, you just have to pay an extra $50 to upgrade to windows 10 Pro.
Now the gloves are coming up because am just going to say it, this is a straight up scam! You pay $2000 for a top end windows laptop, get home and find out you have to still pay $50 for the privilege of actually using the freaking computer normally.
It’s like they are trying to create their own Chromebook type device where the operating system is super dumb down and simplified but they don’t tell you that. At least with chrome books, you should know what you are get going into it.
You are not going to be able to run any heavy programs but with something like the surface, they are definitely high in specs up to an intel core i7, 16GB of RAM and SSD but they crippled it with a far inferior version of windows and like I said, the laptop is fully capable of running any programs, you just have to pay $50 to flip the switch to be allowed to do it and you might say ok well it's only $50 relative compared to computer and price, it’s not that much and yeah but there is no reason to limit it in the first place. It doesn’t change the fact that you will literally pay thousands of dollars for a computer where you can’t even change the default browser.
The only explanation I can think of this is that they want to force people to use the windows app store.
On something like a smart phone, it will make sense because you wouldn’t expect anything more, you are not expecting to download hundreds of gigabytes of games and put it on a phone but that is not what someone is going to expect when they buy this computer.
They would want to be able to do everything and by the way, the name of it is deceptive too. An average person will see that and think it’s somehow better. It might remind you of the iPhone S-models which are faster or maybe because right on the Microsoft website it says “Streamlined for Security and Superior Performance”.
There is no way around it, this is an inferior version of windows and at this point, you may be wondering if there is anything good about windows 10 S. Well, as I touched on before the answer may be yes only if you are not the one using it. By that I mean, if you are a teacher and your students will be using it or if you are a parent and your kid will be using it and really have to lock down everything.
Also in a school room environment, it lets you create a type of USB key that can essentially copy a system setup from one computer to many. So you could setup lots of computer same way very quickly, so that is kind of convenient and it also makes it easier for administrators to enable and disable features across all the devices such as blocking the use of the webcam or certain menus.
In addition, some manufacturer will be releasing educational specific PC’s which will come with Minecraft education edition and office 365. So, it’s not really a bad deal for educational purposes not at all but as I have been saying for basically anyone else, it’s horrible.
I will tell you what I think right now which is, you should not get a windows 10 S device if you have the choice, just don’t get it not only because you will have to pay the extra money to get basic functionality but you also need to just vote with your wallet. You might think that an extra $50 is not much compared to the $2000 you just paid for the computer but why should you? I don’t even think it is a cash grab, otherwise, they will just charge more for the laptop.
I think they are specifically hoping that people will rather use the windows app store than paying $50. So the way I see, I hope people will avoid buying this thing just to show Microsoft that we want nothing to do with their crappy app store.
If they don’t want to allow my favorite programs on there like steam, then I don’t want to use it, it’s that simple.
So what does the future holds here, well, if we are lucky Microsoft will realize what a horrible decision this is and just give their products regular version of windows on non-education products.
If they want to really shoot themselves in the foot, they may even double down and try putting this cripple version of windows on all of their surface devices going forward, I hope not. If that happens, I can just predict how it will go.
People will see how awesome the specs are for this new surface laptop or whatever else device and think I will give this a shot! But when they get it they are going to find out really quickly that their shiny new device is not what they expected and it won’t turn out well.
I think at the end of the day, this is going to hurt the surface brand big time, I really do. If there is one thing I know is that most people are not willing to change their habits or learn anything new when it comes to computers.
They just want it to work right out of the box and you know what, if that is how it is marketed, that is what I will want too. So when these people buying these hyped up device and find out that it does the exact opposite of what they are told. Don’t even be surprised when people will decide never to buy a Microsoft device ever again.
Not to mention, whenever INTEL is their friend about their $2000 new computer, they can’t even install any of their favorite programs unless they pay more. So here is what I have to say to Microsoft, look you are just starting to pick up speed with your surface line. I was even thinking of getting one of the high-end versions of the next one you make because they have been just getting better and better but this time you blew it, bigly. You are not Apple, you are not Google, so why are you trying to make an iPad or Chromebook or whatever the heck you are thinking.
The whole appeal for the surface computers was that they are highly portable computers and a tablet form factor but ran the full version of windows and didn’t have any of the limitations of regular tablets, so why would you remove the one thing that made your devices stand out from the rest? No one wants to use the windows app store and even if they did, you don’t even allow competing software’s like steam, origin, google chrome and countless other amazing programs to be on it and don’t think that I don’t know what you are doing, trying to force developers to start selling their programs on the windows store by forcing the users to use it. It is just going to be easier for people to not buy your devices at all.
I guess the best way to sum up this article is if you are a teacher, windows 10 S might be a good deal. For literally everyone else stay as far away as you can.
Anyway hopefully you guys found this article helpful, if you did let me know down in the comment section, maybe I am completely wrong, you have your own ideas and I want to hear about it. Again, am looking forward to hearing from you guys. Thank you so much for reading. Please don’t forget to share with friends through the social share icons.
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