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>that can only install apps from the Windows Store and is restricted to Microsoft’s Edge browser.
I would write an Assembler and C compiler in machine code first and then write a text editor in C before I would even look at such a pithy offering.
You can only install the junk from windows store on windows 10 S
So, VirtualBoxen are haram it seems.
Have been using some form of Linux since 1994.
Seldom ever operate a Window machine. (still have several, wife has one)
And computer life is much simpler with Linux. And there are some really great command line software programs that I would not like to give up.
Image Magic is an amazing batch processing command line image processing tool. Have been using it for a very long time. It was available in both Windows and Linux. So? MS is only shooting themselves in the foot.
Yeah, I won’t be getting 10 S or any hardware that requires it. I’m running Windows 10 with the Linux subsystem - best thing that ever happened to Windows.
Instead of competing with quality products and pricing, Microsoft is always plotting to reclaim their lost monopoly with authoritarian policies and bloatware.
“Windows 10 S ships with Microsoft’s $1,000 Surface Laptop”
who the hell in their right mind would spend a $1,000 on a Windows RT, uh, I mean Windows 10 S laptop?
Between downloading Windows updates (and rebooting), and updating anti-virus (and rebooting), and updating anti-malware (and rebooting), how much time is left for work anyway?
The “S” stands for “Skip.”
A crippled but secure system like this, oriented towards guaranteed safe browsing and mail, might be useless for me, but perfect for my Luddite wife if she ever wants to communicate with future grandkids. It’s a marketing question as to whether there’s enough people like her to make this a worthwhile endeavor, though.