Microsoft is Working on ‘Windows Lite,’ Because it Can’t Stop Beating Dead Horses

Author: Michael Crider / Source: How-To Geek

A new version of Windows may have limited features for inexpensive hardware. If that sounds familiar to you, you’re not alone: you could be forgiven thinking this is an article about Windows RT or Windows S. Nope, it’s something else.

Buried deep within the latest software updates for Windows 10 are

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To find out more about Core, check out our breakdown here. But in a nutshell, it’s a modular system that will allow Microsoft to develop a single piece of software that can add compartmentalized features based on what specific users need, allowing it to run unified code on everything from tiny smartphones to huge media creation desktops. The “Lite” version is speculated to be…

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