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by jpxxx 4819 days ago
Ya, but look at it from a pragmatic business perspective, and this is Microsoft doing exactly what they should to court the prodigal developer: set up a zero hassle Windows environment on your favorite platform for cheap.
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A US$25 sold-out USB stick is more friction than a download.
Haha, true. But it's a whole lot better than "Buy shitty VM product, then source a retail/whitebox copy of Windows, then Install and Patch, Install and Patch, and set up Dev tools for about $400."
Did it come with development tools?
Hrm, they label it as "iOS and UX to Windows porting labs". So in a sense.