Windows 10 Cloud will challenge Chrome OS?

Since a few days circulating rumors of a new edition of Microsoft's operating system that could be installed on cheaper devices, pos...

Since a few days circulating rumors of a new edition of Microsoft's operating system that could be installed on cheaper devices, possibly equipped with ARM processors. Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet has now discovered that Windows 10 Cloud has nothing to do with the cloud, but rather it is a possible competitor to Chrome OS.

In the latest build 15019 released for Insider and Windows 10 SDK 15002 they were identified references to "Cloud" editions and "Cloud N" (without Windows Media Player) of the operating system. Sources contacted by Foley confirmed that it is not cloud-streamed versions of Windows 10, but the simplified versions that can only run apps UWP (Universal Windows Platform) downloaded from the Windows Store. The operation may be similar to Windows RT, which would then be the direct heir.

Probably Microsoft has planned the launch of Windows 10 Cloud through its hardware partners, a marketing strategy similar to that implemented in Windows 8.1 with Bing. Perhaps the Redmond company wants to increase the market share of the operating system by reducing licensing costs (possibly to zero) and so the final price of products.

This alleged edition "light" of Windows 10 should be in competition with Chrome OS, Google's operating system installed on your Chromebook, a laptop category that has been a big success, especially in US schools. At present it is unclear if and when the cloud version will be announced by Microsoft: in April, along with Windows 10 Creators Update, or in May, at the conference Build 2017 private developers.