Beware of the new Windows 11 "S Mode"

[iamwhatiseem]

My HP has been acting up for awhile, looking around at a replacement.
Toying around the DELL site and I kept seeing laptops with a "S Mode" Windows.
What is that?
Whoah... S Mode is a restricted operating system that only allows you to download apps from the Microsoft Store, and only allows you to use Microsoft Edge.
WTF?

SO if you are in the market for a new laptop - be sure to uncheck "S Mode"

 

[mudwhistle]

My HP has been acting up for awhile, looking around at a replacement.
Toying around the DELL site and I kept seeing laptops with a "S Mode" Windows.
What is that?
Whoah... S Mode is a restricted operating system that only allows you to download apps from the Microsoft Store, and only allows you to use Microsoft Edge.
WTF?

SO if you are in the market for a new laptop - be sure to uncheck "S Mode"

Looks like it's time to switch to Apple.

 

[occupied]

Seems like something a school or library might get to better control the allowable content.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

DELL list it as "extra security" - which it would be, but yeah right - like this isn't about M$ forcing unaware consumers into only being able to use their platforms.
The problem I have is DELL is making this the default choice. And I would say at minimum 95% of consumers aren't tech savvy enough to look into was "S Mode" is.

 

[Rodimus]

My HP has been acting up for awhile, looking around at a replacement.
Toying around the DELL site and I kept seeing laptops with a "S Mode" Windows.
What is that?
Whoah... S Mode is a restricted operating system that only allows you to download apps from the Microsoft Store, and only allows you to use Microsoft Edge.
WTF?

SO if you are in the market for a new laptop - be sure to uncheck "S Mode"

I recommend the Samsung Chromebook 4. It is very fast and has a good price on Walmart -$119. And it's new, not refurbished.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I recommend the Samsung Chromebook 4. It is very fast and has a good price on Walmart -$119. And it's new, not refurbished. Here it is: Robot or human?

I can't take the small size of Chromebooks. They are fast and easy to use for sure. And damn cheap.
Also I do use a few programs that are not browser based, so a Chromebook wouldn't do.

 

[Rodimus]

I can't take the small size of Chromebooks. They are fast and easy to use for sure. And damn cheap.
Also I do use a few programs that are not browser based, so a Chromebook wouldn't do.

Okay. I hope you find what you are looking for.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Wow.... HP's are a month out before shipping

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

My HP has been acting up for awhile, looking around at a replacement.
Toying around the DELL site and I kept seeing laptops with a "S Mode" Windows.
What is that?
Whoah... S Mode is a restricted operating system that only allows you to download apps from the Microsoft Store, and only allows you to use Microsoft Edge.
WTF?

SO if you are in the market for a new laptop - be sure to uncheck "S Mode"

Look at Lenovo dude.

I have had a couple and they are pretty good.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Look at Lenovo dude.

I have had a couple and they are pretty good.

I have had one in the past, and it was pretty good.
It looks like S Mode is currently only DELL. Probably a test market for M$ to see how it goes.
They reduce the price of the laptop by $70 if you choose that option... which is the default option.
And because of that - DELL is out for me. Shame on them for effectively tricking customers so their laptops are cheaper than competitors.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

I have had one in the past, and it was pretty good.
It looks like S Mode is currently only DELL. Probably a test market for M$ to see how it goes.
They reduce the price of the laptop by $70 if you choose that option... which is the default option.
And because of that - DELL is out for me. Shame on them for effectively tricking customers so their laptops are cheaper than competitors.

Dells blow anyway.

HP are horrid too.

Apples are rock solid but that operating system makes me wanna drink bleach.

Cool...noted on the S Mode.

Thanks.

 

[Unkotare]

Dells blow anyway.

HP are horrid too.
....

Is that because they don't come with the special magic crystal included?

 

[Muhammed]

My HP has been acting up for awhile, looking around at a replacement.
Toying around the DELL site and I kept seeing laptops with a "S Mode" Windows.
What is that?
Whoah... S Mode is a restricted operating system that only allows you to download apps from the Microsoft Store, and only allows you to use Microsoft Edge.
WTF?

SO if you are in the market for a new laptop - be sure to uncheck "S Mode"

You can switch it out of S Mode.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Is that because they don't come with the special magic crystal included?

Back in the day DELLS were really good. Them and Gateway. (Back in the late 90s)
I was a Sys Admin back then and we bought dozens and dozens of them, had very rare issues.
HPs were terrible back then, like Compaq. Junk.
HPs today have a lot of battery issues wit the laptops. After a few years, you pretty much have to leave them plugged in. You might get an hour off the cord. After 2 HPs I had where the battery bombs in just a couple years... I am reluctant to buy another one.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

You can switch it out of S Mode.

Yes... I said that at the bottom of that post

 

[Augustine_]

Looks like it's time to switch to Apple.

What stores does Apple let you buy apps from?

 

[Lastamender]

Seems like something a school or library might get to better control the allowable content.

Oh yes, the indoctrination should not be cluttered up with facts.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

What stores does Apple let you buy apps from?

Apple is the most proprietary computer company in the world. But... at least their stuff is very good. Really good hardware.
It is nothing for an iMac to run 24hrs a day for over a decade and still run like it is new.

 

[mudwhistle]

What stores does Apple let you buy apps from?

I was thinking buy a new PC.
Sorry if that went over your head.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

Is that because they don't come with the special magic crystal included?

Actually my PC runs on special volcanic crystals charged by the energy of the Earth's core..