The success of Google’s Chromebook hardware and Chrome OS software wasn’t an inevitability, but the ease of use they afford ended up allowing Google to carve out a niche in a very crowded PC marketplace. Ever since Chrome OS entered the scene, we’ve been waiting for Microsoft to come out with its own pared down version of Windows, but its half-hearted attempts (Windows 10 S, Windows RT) have all fallen flat.
Those failures haven’t stopped Microsoft though, as Petri on Monday reported that the company is working on “a new version of Windows that may not actually be Windows.” Based on the documentation he has seen, Petri’s Brad Sams believes that Windows Lite — the new OS — is Microsoft’s answer to Chrome OS.
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Report: Windows Lite is Microsoft’s long-awaited answer to Chrome OS originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 3 Dec 2018 at 19:06:58 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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