Chapter 1

What you need to know about Windows 10

Windows core features

Windows as a service

The app landscape

Cloud connections

The user experience

PC hardware

Security and privacy

What kind of people use Windows 10? The list is long and surprisingly diverse.

If you work in a modern office, you probably spend the better part of every workday staring at a display—creating, communicating, researching, analyzing, sharing, and collaborating with co-workers. Yes, you can do some of those tasks on a mobile phone, but when you need to see the big picture, there’s nothing that works as well as a PC.

At home, you (and a few hundred million people just like you) use Windows 10 PCs for checking the news, making travel plans, shopping, and staying in ...

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