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Microsoft is killing its failed ChromeOS competitor, Windows 11 SE

Microsoft is ending support for Windows 11 SE, its latest attempt to turn its operating system into a ChromeOS competitor.

When it was announced in 2021, Windows 11 SE was pitched as a simplified, lightweight version of Microsoft's operating system for the classroom. Chromebooks and ChromeOS devices are widely used in schools around the world, so it made sense that Microsoft would want to offer something competitive. Clearly the plan didn't work, as evidenced by Microsoft's decision to shutdown Windows 11 SE just five years later.

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