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Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

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Post by partiallypro »

kyriakos wrote: post #28

Its not as bad as it first sounds. You can run full office, you have an ok browser and casual games. Its obviously not made for most of the people on HN but it fits the requirements for a lot of people business and home users. Assuming they release some very cheap laptops / convertibles running it it could work.

Panay also alluded to you being able to upgrade the new Surface Laptop to Windows Pro, if you needed it. They are pushing Win32 apps to go into the store, so app published there that are Win32 will be supported in Windows S.

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

#32

Post by protomyth »

deelowe wrote: post #5

I wonder if tying this to the windows store is a good move. The reception thus far hasn't been extremely encouraging.

Pretty much kills us from buying it. I would love to, but grants and high education in general have a lot of custom software that won't be put in the store. Damn shame too.

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

#34

Post by partiallypro »

dangrossman wrote: post #27

They're now demoing the Surface Laptop. Thinner than a MacBook Air. Faster than a MacBook Pro. Longer battery life than either. The downside? "Windows 10 S", which only runs apps from the Windows Store. The upside over Windows RT from the Windows 8 era? You can port Win32 apps to the Store today, don't think you could back then. Edit: You can upgrade Windows 10 S to ordinary Windows 10 Pro for $50. Laptops that run W…

You can upgrade to Windows Pro, if you need it, per Panay. Given the initial demo target though, it makes sense to lock it down to Windows S, where it's all containerized.

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

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Post by emptythought »

dangrossman wrote: post #27

They're now demoing the Surface Laptop. Thinner than a MacBook Air. Faster than a MacBook Pro. Longer battery life than either. The downside? "Windows 10 S", which only runs apps from the Windows Store. The upside over Windows RT from the Windows 8 era? You can port Win32 apps to the Store today, don't think you could back then. Edit: You can upgrade Windows 10 S to ordinary Windows 10 Pro for $50. Laptops that run W…

This will be cracked within days, honestly

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

#37

Post by kyriakos »

partiallypro wrote: post #31
kyriakos wrote: post #28

Its not as bad as it first sounds. You can run full office, you have an ok browser and casual games. Its obviously not made for most of the people on HN but it fits the requirements for a lot of people business and home users. Assuming they release some very cheap laptops / convertibles running it it could work.

Panay also alluded to you being able to upgrade the new Surface Laptop to Windows Pro, if you needed it. They are pushing Win32 apps to go into the store, so app published there that are Win32 will be supported in Windows S.

yeah that sounds like Windows RT but up-gradable if needed. The thing is, for a lot of people just running Office and a browser they'll be happy. What a lot of people won't like is having Edge only as their browser though.

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

#38

Post by alyx »

dangrossman wrote: post #27

They're now demoing the Surface Laptop. Thinner than a MacBook Air. Faster than a MacBook Pro. Longer battery life than either. The downside? "Windows 10 S", which only runs apps from the Windows Store. The upside over Windows RT from the Windows 8 era? You can port Win32 apps to the Store today, don't think you could back then. Edit: You can upgrade Windows 10 S to ordinary Windows 10 Pro for $50. Laptops that run W…

You can upgrade up from 10S to 10Pro. Panos mentioned that at the end.

It's a full fledged laptop.

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

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Post by maranke »

emptythought wrote: post #35
dangrossman wrote: post #27

They're now demoing the Surface Laptop. Thinner than a MacBook Air. Faster than a MacBook Pro. Longer battery life than either. The downside? "Windows 10 S", which only runs apps from the Windows Store. The upside over Windows RT from the Windows 8 era? You can port Win32 apps to the Store today, don't think you could back then. Edit: You can upgrade Windows 10 S to ordinary Windows 10 Pro for $50. Laptops that run W…

This will be cracked within days, honestly

It's just a different version of Windows... no need for a crack. Just change the serial key to the kms key of Pro [0] and install kmspico.

[0] https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj612867(v=ws.11...

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

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Post by captainmuon »

Windows S is completely backwards. If the Windows Store was actually any good, they should make a version without store apps (win32 only) and let customers pay a premium to use signed, vetted, store apps. (Only half kidding...)

But this way around, store apps will always be viewed as the cheaper, less featured option.

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