Originally posted by grok
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Maybe the problem is they want the dumbed down users, those who will only run Edge and the default software etc. Small problem with that : these users tend to never install any software at all on a PC. Hence the store, and crap in the start menu : seriously there's a picture of Mickey Mouse in there, an ad for some other kiddy game, an ad for some war game.
Fine but for a user who never installs anything on their PC, it's still more complicated to use an online-account and download things than to do nothing at all and click on Edge to run Edge, on Word to run Word, etc.
Fine but for a user who never installs anything on their PC, it's still more complicated to use an online-account and download things than to do nothing at all and click on Edge to run Edge, on Word to run Word, etc.
2. Windows store requires an online account just like any other store
3. most of such basic people are perfectly fine with a tablet, many (especially in asia) are ok even with a big smartphone, and don't need to buy an actual PC at all.
That or they'll try to win by attrition : won't fool millions of existing PC users, but will ensnare first time PC users who have Windows 10 as their first desktop operating systems. That'll be tens of millions, then hundreds of millions people possibly.
To get a PC with Windows 7 or even Windows 8 you would need to actually search for it specifically.
People beginning their PC experience with Linux are at best as rare as linux users (as again there is no way to get a PC with Linux on it unless you are specifically searching for it and buy online), which means they are going to be irrelevant.
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