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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. And yet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    And yet somehow, Slashdot readers will find a way to bash Microsoft for giving their customers this choice. It's clear that Microsoft is trying to do a good thing, but it will somehow be spun into a reason to criticize them. Microsoft can't win around here. No matter what they do, they will be wrong in the eyes of Slashdot readers.

    1. Re:And yet... by Khyber · · Score: 5, Insightful

      "And yet somehow, Slashdot readers will find a way to bash Microsoft for giving their customers this choice"

      Considering what they're doing right now reeks exactly of what got them into trouble with the law in the first place (the web browser) I see no reason why Microsoft shouldn't get slammed.

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  2. But....... by dr.Flake · · Score: 3, Insightful

    does it run Linux?

    Only really relevant question here

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  3. Annual Subscription Fee? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Only question I have is when is Microsoft going to a annual Subscription Fee? That's the direction they seem to be headed they just haven't said when.