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The verdicts for Microsoft’s crippled Windows 10 S operating system continue coming in, with yet another source strongly advising an upgrade from 10 S to 10 Pro.

Once you’ve freed your Surface Laptop from its Windows 10 S (for shackles) with the liberty of Windows 10 Pro, you can still go back to Windows 10 S (for software subjugation).

Microsoft's claims that no known ransomware can run on Windows 10 S have been blown sky high by a researcher – in just three hours.

Microsoft's Windows 10 S is meant to be a safer version of Windows, given to OEMs to make lower-cost Windows devices, but if you want to run all Windows apps, prepare to pay.

It has been revealed that the new lighter version of Windows 10 — S — that will be given to OEMs to help make lower-cost Windows devices can only run apps from the Windows Store.

While Surface Pro fans wait for a new Surface Pro 5, and as Google Chromebooks dominate in education for years, Microsoft has finally made a move.

As part of the “one Windows on every device”, Microsoft has launched a “lite” version called Windows 10 S and it will be available on the new Surface “clamshell” Laptop aimed at students and typical home users.