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100% app-based version of Windows? Windows Store "apps" ONLY? Wasn't Windows R, or whatever it was called, for ARM, like this too? And everyone hated it? Because no Win32 support, no "legacy" apps (like the ones that you know and love from the Freeware and Open Source / Free Software world)?
This is Microsoft, testing the waters, to LOCK DOWN WINDOWS, like a CONSOLE GAME BOX.
Next up, requiring a "Windows Live 1 Year Subscription", to play games and run non-freeware apps on their platform. (Speculation, but c'mon, y'all know where this is headed, right?)
Windows 10 S pre-installed. Windows 10 S is the new standard in portable cloud-based operating systems. Windows 10 S is the 100% app based version of Windows 10 where Store apps are verified and designed for superior performance and security.
100% app-based version of Windows? Windows Store "apps" ONLY? Wasn't Windows R, or whatever it was called, for ARM, like this too? And everyone hated it? Because no Win32 support, no "legacy" apps (like the ones that you know and love from the Freeware and Open Source / Free Software world)?
This is Microsoft, testing the waters, to LOCK DOWN WINDOWS, like a CONSOLE GAME BOX.
Next up, requiring a "Windows Live 1 Year Subscription", to play games and run non-freeware apps on their platform. (Speculation, but c'mon, y'all know where this is headed, right?)