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Surface Laptop Can Be Switched To Windows 10 Pro For Free Until 2018 (cnet.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Don't let the new Windows 10 S operating system stop you from buying a Surface Laptop this year. The streamlined OS limits you to using applications that are in Microsoft's Windows Store. But, as noted in the tech specs for Microsoft's new ultraportable, if you'd rather run non-Store apps, you can switch to Windows 10 Pro for free until December 31, 2017. Once 2018 hits, the switch to Pro will cost $49. But be warned: Once you upgrade your license key, you can't go back.

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  1. Re:And yet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I gave your mom the choice of taking it up the arse or in the mouth. She opted for both

  2. Re:But....... by torkus · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yes, the 2% of the desktop/laptop world is the "only" relevant question here. /sarcasm

    No one actually cares. This laptop is targeted at the basic user who wants an ultra-light device but not a tablet (see: win 10 S). You aren't the intended market segment at all so that question is literally irrelevant (in the literal sense of the world literally).

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