On the podcast, we talk about what kind of students the Surface Laptop is for, and if classrooms will embrace Microsoft's push into schools. Because Windows 10 S won't let you run any software that hasn't been vetted by Microsoft for the Windows Store, the chance of getting infected by nasty viruses or malware is greatly reduced.
Microsoft also claimed that Windows 10 S will offer significantly better battery life, with the Surface Laptop said to be able to last for 14.5 hours on a single charge.
During Microsoft's event yesterday, the company unveiled the new Surface Laptop that's a pretty standard laptop but with Surface-like features including a touchscreen, a fabric-coated keyboard, and Surface Pen support.
This new version of Windows 10 is a direct shot at Chrome OS, Google's lightweight, browser-based operating system, which has led cheaper Chromebooks to unseat Apple as the No. 2 player in the global education market, behind Microsoft Windows, in only about five years. Other features are aimed at making the device more visually and physically appealing.
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As the BBC's British news network reports, Microsoft's goal with the release of the new Surface is to compete vigorously with Apple's Macbook Air.
Windows 10 S offers speed, with the operating system capable of booting in just 15 seconds. At Tuesday's EDU event, Microsoft announced Windows 10 S, an operating system tailored to classrooms and teachers.
The Surface Laptop will ship in four colours: platinum, burgundy, cobalt blue, and graphite gold. Also revealed was the first traditional laptop to come out of Redmond. And it's a clear effort by Microsoft to step up competition with Google and its low-priced Chromebooks in the classroom, where the latter has made major inroads. "But Microsoft's ambitions for Windows 10 S are clearly grander than that".
What's more, you'll likely have add to that the 50 quid you'll b e forced cough up for an upgrade to Windows 10 Pro you realise that you wan't to download apps - probably Chrome - outside of the Windows Store. "This is a one-way switch, as when a user is running Windows 10 Pro they can install anything - but this is the magic of the open Windows platform, which we plan to always continue to make available alongside Windows 10 S".
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