Since Microsoft released its windows 10 system at the end of July, the installation rate has been rising, and the new system has been highly praised by users. Earlier, Microsoft also said that windows 10 will not be sold as a separate software, but as a sustainable upgrade service. Therefore, this year, windows 10 mainly adopts the strategy of online free upgrade.

Although most users choose to update online, there will always be some users' devices with various problems, so they can't use online update. Therefore, physical media upgrade is also an upgrade strategy that Microsoft can't give up. In addition to the traditional installation CD-ROM, Microsoft released the U-disk version of windows 10 for the first time this year, and the U-disk version of windows 10 has been in online stores in the United States and the United Kingdom Today, offline stores are also opening windows 10 U-disk for the first time.

The first offline channel was launched in Japan. From the pictures released by retailers, it can be seen that although it is a U-disk version, the packaging box is unambiguous. The U-disk is of metal design with Microsoft logo on it. The price of the home version is 13800 yen (about 736 yuan), and the professional version is 25800 yen (about 1377 yuan), slightly lower than the official price suggested by Microsoft.

With the upgrading of PC devices, the hardware of "CD-ROM" has been gradually abandoned. Microsoft released the U-disk version of the installation system to take care of the "ultrabook" and other PC devices that cannot be upgraded with CD-ROM.

At present, the U disk version of the system will not be sold in China for the time being, and the specific public sale time is not clear.