For the general enthusiast reading this article, you will likely want to switch out of S Mode within the first hour of ownership. That is fine—Microsoft expects that.
However, for the millions of users who only need a browser, email, and Netflix, S Mode offers a cleaner, faster, and infinitely safer version of Windows than the open wild west of standard .exe files. windows 11 s
If you hit that wall and decide you need Chrome or Steam, Microsoft lets you leave S Mode permanently. For the general enthusiast reading this article, you