The Gearburn Podcast #12: Windows 10 S and Surface Laptop

Microsoft has thrown down the gauntlet and revealed Windows 10 S, effectively being an entry-level version of Windows 10.

The new update is taking aim at Google’s ChromeOS and Chromebooks, being positioned as a great platform for education. After all, Google is dominating this sector right now.

Read more: 5 reasons to give Windows 10 S a skip

Then there’s the Surface Laptop, being a stylish notebook with a steep price tag, to boot.

Is the Surface Laptop the right way to showcase Windows 10 S? Will the new update sink or swim? Is it a ChromeOS killer? Andy Walker and Hadlee Simons ask all this and more in another edition of The Gearburn Podcast.

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