> Microsoft OSes don't have any restrictions on what software to run. They didn't until windows 8. The 'classic' desktop hasn't changed, but you can't run Mod

> Microsoft OSes don't have any restrictions on what software to run. They didn't until windows 8. The 'classic' desktop hasn't changed, but you can't run Modern UI apps other than from the app store, and on ARM you can't run anything that's not modern UI unless it's from Microsoft. Microsoft also has other OS platforms (Windows phone) with exactly the same model as Apple's, only less transparent.