Microsoft ditches Windows 10 S in favour of a new S Mode

[Zkuq]

Ryuu96 said:

Zkuq said:

This makes the whole situation really baffling. Almost no one's going to use S mode if it's not the default - why would anyone? It offers almost no benefit over regular mode. There's got to be more to this. For example, maybe shipping PCs with S mode enabled if cheaper for OEMs?

Aren't Chromebooks doing well in education? I'm guessing Microsoft wants to try and claim that market and also get some people who only use their PC for a few things only (Email, FB..)

I have no idea. Since they're still around, they must have an audience though. You make an excellent point. The latter group you mention would require S mode to be enabled by default though, so there should be a way for S mode to be enabled by default. In practice, it would have to be enabled by OEMs.