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Microsoft will not launch lightweight Windows 10X ​ By IANS | ​ 0 Views Microsoft will not launch lightweight Windows 10X. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, May 19 : Microsoft has confirmed that it will not release a lightweight and simplified Windows 10X operating system. Billed as a competition to the Chrome OS, the 10X operating system was expected to come along with new dual-screen devices like the Surface Neo before the pandemic hit the world. "Instead of bringing a product called Windows 10X to market in 2021 like we originally intended, we are leveraging learnings from our journ...

Now that the company has announced the cancellation of Windows 10X, we expect it to have shelved the dual-screen Surface Neo also.

Microsoft started distributing Windows 10 May 2021 Update (21H1). It does not bring any significant innovations.

Earlier this month, we learned that Microsoft may have shelved its plans for Windows 10X, a lighter version of the OS that was intended to compete with ChromeOS. As it turns out, the project isn’t just shelved – it won’t be releasing at all. Today, Microsoft confirmed that it no longer plans to ship Windows …

It looks like Microsoft has indefinitely shelved Windows 10X, the company’s operating system for dual-screen devices.  Microsoft buried the news in a Tuesday blog post concerning the May update to Windows 10. The second half of the post discusses Windows 10X, which was supposed to power the Surface Neo, a dual-screen PC.  “Following a year-long exploration and engaging in conversations with customers, we realized that the technology of Windows 10X could be useful in more ways and serve more customers than we originally imagined,” wrote Microsoft VP John Cable. “We concluded that th...