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Re:Introducing Surface Laptop by polyomino on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @04:28PM (#14250265)
They don't want you to upgrade. They can make more from you over time by locking you into the store.
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Re:Introducing Surface Laptop by Maarten88 on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @09:04PM (#14252214)
That is the negative explanation. I think they want to compete on safety and simplicity against Chromebook.

Store apps will not make the laptop slow, they won't have viruses, they will ask the user for permissions, can be uninstalled safely, they will scale well on hi-res screens, etc.

This type of safety is, imo, the most compelling feature of chromebook, and one that Windows Pro doesn't offer.

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