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<blockquote><em><a href="#615257">In reply to ringofvoid:</a></em></blockquote><p>I would imagine Windows 10X would be managed only by InTune (and possibly allow for Airwatch enrolment too, but no GPO support) which would also make it as-simple as managing an enterprise Android/iOS/iPadOS device.</p><p><br></p><p>I think even Windows 10 Core (aka Windows 10 Home) can be enrolled into InTune too… don't you just go to Start > Settings > Accounts > "Access work or school" and sign-in there with the account they provide you?</p>
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<blockquote><em><a href="#615439">In reply to Dave:</a></em></blockquote><p><em>"Chrome runs 2 copies of the OS and one copy updates in the background. When you next reboot you get the updated version. It happens seamlessly"</em></p><p><br></p><p>Okay, so on a technical-level I agree an "update partition" is different. But from the end-user perspective, how is it different? Windows Update installs in the background, during which time you may notice lower-performance (especially on lower-end CPU devices, and those with mechanical HDDs) but otherwise nothing. When the updates are done, you get a message asking you to reboot, and during the reboot it finalises things.</p><p><br></p><p>I mean, Linux is similar too: take Ubuntu or Mint. While they are doing updates, you'll lose some performance, and you also cannot install any-other apps as the system-updates come via the APT utility, which is how all other apps are installed (either via the Terminal, the built-in stores, Synaptic or via a manual .DEB). So unlike Windows, updates there actually stop you installing or uninstalling any other apps in the meantime. (Less rebooting is generally required though.)</p><p><br></p><p>(For any macOS users: are reboots generally a thing there?)</p>
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<blockquote><em><a href="#615350">In reply to longhorn:</a></em></blockquote><p>Yes, the video the OP started this post on was based on <u>number of devices sold in 2020, by operating-system</u>, which is not the same as "total marketshare". For that, ChromeOS stands at less-than 2%, whereas macOS is now just-over 17%.</p>
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<blockquote><em><a href="#615557">In reply to Winner:</a></em></blockquote><p>Given the "Windows Subsystem for Linux", where you can install Ubuntu inside Windows 10, I wonder how-long it may be before such installs outnumber native Ubuntu installs?</p>
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<p>Ars Technica also covered this in an article titled "The world’s second-most popular desktop operating system isn’t macOS anymore" just-over a week-ago, and as someone there commented (paraphrased):</p><p><br></p><p><em>"The stat was based on some IDC data, which refers to number of devices <u>sold</u> in 2020, where ChromeOS was on nearly 11% of the devices sold, versus macOS at 7.5% and Windows on 80.5%. That's not the same as <u>marketshare average</u> during 2020.</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>According to the Wikipedia article "Usage share of operating systems", under the heading "Desktop and laptop computers", ChromeOS is only at 1.7% marketshare; macOS on 17.1% and Windows is on 76.6%.</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>Devices sold during a certain timeframe =/= overall marketshare, as this ignores all pre-existing devices!"</em></p>