Want to buy a copy of Microsoft Windows? Currently, you can pay for a downloadable version or buy a DVD that you can use to install the operating system. But when Windows 10 will be launched on July 29, it seems Microsoft is ready to provide another option: you might be able to buy a USB flash drive Windows 10, you could use it to install the operating system.
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Indeed, unlike its rival the side of Cupertino, California, Microsoft will reportedly be based on a USB key to distribute its new operating system. For its part, Apple has abandoned the distribution of OS X using physical media, opting on Internet downloads through the Mac App Store.
Although surprising, this new initiative is logical: a growing number of laptops, tablets, and even some desktops are marketed without an optical disc drive. Of course, you can connect a DVD player via a USB port, but at a time when most movies, music, applications and games are available for download, there is little reason most people buy a disk drive they can connect to a computer.
A similar cost to the USB model
So the sale of Windows 10 on a USB stick will facilitate the installation of the operating system for users on ultrabooks, desktops, minicomputers, and other computers that may not have a disc drive .
Earlier this month, Paul Thurrot noted that it is possible that Microsoft could sell Windows 10 on USB keys. Today, the mini computer as a USB key start to appear, so this is a classic journey to the Redmond giant.
According Winfuture.de, the cost of Windows 10 on a USB key will be the same as the download version, and digital versions . The advantage of choosing the USB method is that 32-bit and 64-bit operating system is preinstalled on the device. This means that consumers can choose the version they want when they install it. With the DVD version, consumers must choose whether they want the 32-bit or 64-bit system at the time of purchase, and they can not change it later (within recommend this version).
Unfortunately, Microsoft did not provide details on its distribution plans for Windows 10 to date.
See also : Microsoft releases Office applications for Android smartphones
Indeed, unlike its rival the side of Cupertino, California, Microsoft will reportedly be based on a USB key to distribute its new operating system. For its part, Apple has abandoned the distribution of OS X using physical media, opting on Internet downloads through the Mac App Store.
A similar cost to the USB model
So the sale of Windows 10 on a USB stick will facilitate the installation of the operating system for users on ultrabooks, desktops, minicomputers, and other computers that may not have a disc drive .
Earlier this month, Paul Thurrot noted that it is possible that Microsoft could sell Windows 10 on USB keys. Today, the mini computer as a USB key start to appear, so this is a classic journey to the Redmond giant.
According Winfuture.de, the cost of Windows 10 on a USB key will be the same as the download version, and digital versions . The advantage of choosing the USB method is that 32-bit and 64-bit operating system is preinstalled on the device. This means that consumers can choose the version they want when they install it. With the DVD version, consumers must choose whether they want the 32-bit or 64-bit system at the time of purchase, and they can not change it later (within recommend this version).
Unfortunately, Microsoft did not provide details on its distribution plans for Windows 10 to date.