If you're considering a new Windows 10 PC, especially a Surface device (these often ship with Windows 10 in S mode standard), be sure you know what you're getting yourself into before meeting with disappointing surprises. Performance and security improvements always come at a cost though, and Windows 10 in S mode is no different. Microsoft even made Windows 10 in S mode to run on ARM processors, so it's intentionally designed to work well on hardware that wouldn't normally run Windows 10 very smoothly. If that sounds like another OS you're familiar with, you're not wrong-it's a lot like Google's ChromeOS for its Chromebooks. Everything a user does in it is automatically saved to OneDrive to free up local storage.
There are a lot of good reasons to put a Windows 10 PC in S mode, including:
In 2017, Microsoft added a new feature to its Windows 10 operating system: S mode, a stripped-down, tightly-locked, and low-end PC friendly way to run Windows 10.
