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		mkj on Aug 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chromebooks Gaining on iPads in School Sector Not exactly, it's Windows IoT which doesn't really have a GUI. I agree with the original comment, MS might follow suit with Edge.

dagw on Aug 24, 2015 [–]

Sure, but Windows IoT should be plenty good enough for Microsoft to build a ChromeOS clone on top of it.

UnoriginalGuy on Aug 24, 2015 | [–]

And it wouldn't even be the first time. Microsoft had "Windows Embedded" (Vista and XP) which did exactly that. Essentially a kiosk operating system often used either for VB6 applications or for a web browser.

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