This is the company's latest move in an effort to bring its devices to more people at a lower price after Microsoft lowered Windows 8.1 hardware requirements. Providing free Windows will definitely be welcomed by PC makers because they can reduce the cost of making cheap tablet models ( screens are about 7 inches to 8 inches ), thereby reducing costs. product. The Windows Phone market is similar, phones running this operating system will become cheaper, especially low-end devices, leveraging Microsoft to increase market share for its mobile platform.
And it's not just mobile devices that use Windows for free, but so do Internet of Things . The special Windows version for these networked home appliances is unknown when it will be released, but providing a Windows license for $ 0 will help promote this category of products.