Windows 10 S or as far as users are willing to lose for the sake of better security
First of all say that Windows 10 S looks very good. It is safe and light, also ideal for having absolute control of what happens on the computers that have it installed. That in an environment such as education with children and adolescents using the machines makes a lot of sense but Does it have it in other circumstances that should not be so restrictive? That's what we want to see.
And it is that at individual user levels or any type of environment that does not require such strict control this system can have some important drawbacks Some drawbacks that we will also find, for example, in Google Chromebooks. Even on Mac, although one easily gets rid of it.
"We are talking about the limitation to install applications outside the current application store In the case of Macs, it is blocked by default in the Control Panel although it can be canceled although we will continue to be warned (this is solved with a simple command in Terminal). But let&39;s go to Windows 10 S, which is what interests us."
We have a light system and I don't doubt that there are many users who will see more than enough in it to succeed in their day to day. It depends on the requirement of each one and it is not the same in all cases It gives me a similar impression to the one I get when someone says that their iPad (or tablet similar) serves you on a day-to-day basis and does not require a laptop.
Each user is different, I make it clear, and with very different uses all opinions are respectable. However, I make this statement because by way of analogy I don't think that a system limited either by _software_ (iPad case) or by _hardware_, can offer the same options as a complete computerIn my case I never go out to work without a laptop without any type of limitations. The rest are accessories that I carry on my shoulder bag. In my case I like that it is the user who establishes the limits and not that they come pre-established.
A big limitation: you can only install apps available from the Windows Store and you can't download any non-Store app.
And in the case of Windows 10 S we are limited by _software_ And yes, we can always make the jump to Windows 10 Pro but we We focus on Windows 10 S.Being limited to using the Windows Store applications means that we cannot make an installation that we have on a removable memory. It is that we are not even going to be able to install an application downloaded from an official page and we think that in this case, for example, there is Chrome, Firefox or Opera.
Browsers, just an example
These are the two most used browsers and Opera, a third party that offers interesting options. The problem occurs when there are pages that only support Chrome or Firefox and cannot work, for example, with Edge In the public administration it is not something so unreasonable, because in fact Until not long ago (and still happens) some web applications only work with Firefox and Explorer (no Edge or Chrome) What can the user do in this case? And we don't stop there.How to find an extension that we use in Chrome and that may not be in Edge?.
They may be specific cases, but let's remember that we are only talking about browsers and there are a wide variety of programs out there, finding that such a policy forces us to limit ourselves to only a closed plot and in many cases payment. A fact that we can see in the Windows Store when it tells us that:
"Even going a step further we can think of another case. That of a user who has an Adobe subscription with their Creative Suite of design tools who can see how their use is limited (yes, we have Adobe Photoshop Elements but it&39;s not nearly the same). And yes, it is true that everyone knows in advance what the limitations are but this does not mean that we do not wonder how much we are willing to sacrifice to enjoy the S that accompanies it (simple, safe and fast (speed))."
Microsoft Wants this operating system to come to combat Chromebook computers, based on Google's ChromeOS operating system and is in the hands It is up to the user to determine whether or not he is willing to give up. And the same is true of Microsoft for Chrome OS, mind you.
It remains to be seen how the market evolves and if Redmond decides to maintain this policy or change it in the future, well, not in vain can we recall the problems that the American company has had in the past with antitrust laws or with the Anti-Competition Commission.
