Microsoft and its PC partners may be ready to take the wraps off a new Windows 10 Home edition that potentially would work on more powerful PCs than those which ship with reguar Windows 10 Home.
Microsoft looks to be adding another new Windows 10 edition to its line-up. Dell mentioned a Windows 10 Home Ultra edition in its specs for the next XPS 13 2-in-1 device it announced at Computex on May 28.
I first saw the mention of Windows 10 Home Ultra thanks to this post on Neowin.net. As Neowin.net notes, the coming XPS 13 will include the upcoming 10th-generation Intel "Ice Lake" processors, which means the devices should get a significant performance boost.
Microsoft has yet to officially announce a new Home Windows 10 variant called Home Ultra. I asked officials for information on what's included in Home Ultra, but no word back so far...
Update: A Microsoft spokesperson has told Neowin that "There is no new version of Windows called Windows 10 Home Ultra." My bet is there is some higher-end version of Windows 10 Home, but its name may not end up being "Ultra." I don't think it's a coincidence that this higher-end Home edition of Windows 10 keeps surfacing...
Read more: Microsoft looks ready to add another Windows 10 Edition, Home Ultra, to its list | ZDNet
I thought the whole point when MS first released Windows 10 in 2015 was to reduce the confusion over the sheer number of skus available. They seem to be increasing them again.
Having said that, I may be interested in this for my second machine.
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This is at the bottom of that article:
Update: A Microsoft spokesperson has issued a statement to Neowin saying, "There is no new version of Windows called Windows 10 Home Ultra."
Fake News then by the sound of it.
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