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

Posted by msmash on from the good-call dept.

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. Only LUDDITES want Windows 10 Pro. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Anything not on the Appdows 10 Store is LUDDITE software, so only LUDDITES want LUDDITE Windows 10 Pro. Modern app appers only app apps, which is why Appdows 10 S is the appiest apperating app!

    Apps!

  2. Re:too expensive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    It's only expensive if you're poor.

  3. Re:too expensive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    4GB on a $1000 device? What is Microsoft thinking? That they too can sell overpriced underspecd gear now?

    They will be sued as Apple surely has this patented!

  4. It's bitztream by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The autism-hating, custom EpiPen-hating, Musk-hating Slashdot troll!