Intel plans to launch a device running Windows 10 with Bing

Jun 4, 2015 04:55 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft is working with partners to bring cheaper devices to the market and help tackle the growth of Google Chromebooks, and part of this plan is Windows 10 with Bing, a special version of the new operating system that would only be addressed to OEMs.

As was the case with Windows 8.1, Windows 10 with Bing will be a Windows 10 SKU available exclusively for PC makers and will be offered at a very low cost or even free of charge.

Google Chromebooks have experienced a huge growth in sales in the last couple of years, and Microsoft knows this very well, so the best way to slow this down and improve the consumer appeal of Windows devices is to make more laptops and tablets available at low prices.

To do this, Microsoft needs to cut licensing fees that manufacturers need to pay for installing Windows on their devices, so Redmond developed Windows with Bing specifically with this goal in mind. Windows 8.1 with Bing offered the same features as Windows 8.1 but came with Bing branding that OEMs could not change.

Users, however, were allowed to replace Bing as the default search engine with Google or something else.

Windows 10 with Bing

The same will be in the case of Windows 10 with Bing, which Intel will adopt when project Falls City 2 arrives, according to a leaked roadmap published by MiniMachines.net, but expect this new SKU to be installed on many more devices as work on the new operating system is coming to an end.

Windows 10 is designed to be installed on as many devices as possible, and Microsoft expects 1 billion PCs, tablets, and smartphones to be running it until 2017.

Needless to say, this is an ambitious plan, but with Windows 10 becoming available either free of charge or at a very low cost for both users and OEMs, Microsoft has more chances than ever to make its new operating system successful.