Reseller News Join Reseller News Sign up to gain exclusive access to email subscriptions, event invitations, competitions, giveaways, and much more.Sign up now Report: Microsoft has put Windows 10X on hold Windows 10X, now little more than a UI revamp, could be absorbed into Windows 10. Credit: Microsoft Microsoft has reportedly postponed and possibly cancelled Windows 10X, the simplified alternative to Windows that Microsoft had originally intended to compete with Chromebooks. In 2019, Microsoft announced Windows 10X at a New York event that also marked the debut of the Surface Neo, a folding tablet that was originally designed to run a version of Windows, most probably Windows 10X. Neither has yet to ship. (Microsoft also launched the Surface Duo, a two-screen folding Android phone that debuted to lukewarm reviews and quietly faded.)