“This,” he said. “Not the regular Windows 10. Not Pro. Not Home. IoT Enterprise 2016 LTSB. It’s based on the same core as Windows 10 version 1607, but it’s stripped—no Edge, no Store, no Cortana, no feature updates for ten years. Only security patches. It’s built for ATMs, MRI machines, industrial robots. Things that can’t reboot for a stupid ‘update Tuesday.’”

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A: No. It is a paid OS. The license costs roughly $250–$300 per device (similar to Windows 10 Enterprise). It is never free.