Why you shouldn't bother with a foldable PC unless it has Windows 10X

Windows 10X is key to foldables, and without it, you might as well just buy a normal PC.

Last week, Lenovo announced that its ThinkPad X1 Foldable PC would be launching this summer for $2500. It also announced that initially, it will only be available with Windows 10 Pro, with a Windows 10X variant coming later in the year when Microsoft is ready to start shipping Windows 10X. This means that for a significant amount of time, Lenovo's foldable PC will only be available with an OS that isn't designed for the foldable form factor.

So far, Lenovo is the only manufacturer to announce that it will be selling a foldable PC with Windows 10 Pro, but I wouldn't be surprised if other OEMs end up doing the same. Either way, I'm here to tell you that you probably shouldn't buy any foldable PC that ships without Windows 10X. There are a few critical reasons for this, the most important of which is that Windows 10X is actually designed for foldables, unlike Windows 10 Pro.

This is significant, ...