Thursday, December 15, 2016
Windows 10 release date price features The next version of Windows will run on everything smartphones tablets laptops and PCs
Windows 10 release date price features The next version of Windows will run on everything smartphones tablets laptops and PCs
Windows 10 will launch in 2015. And isnt called Windows 9!
Microsoft has unveiled Windows 10, or at least a very early Technical Preview which will be available to anyone who wants to download and try it. Heres everything you need to know about the Windows 10 release date, price and new features including the return of the start menu, multiple desktops and more.
Its fair to say that Windows 8 has not been a universal success. In many ways a necessary step not terribly well executed, Windows 8s attempt to stitch together desktop and mobile has been way too radical to encourage new users. And as the longer life of existing PCs and laptops combines with the growth of smartphones and tablets to continually slow PC sales, Window 8 has come to be seen as a dud. See also: Windows 10 review.
This means two things: a new and improved Windows in the fastest possible time and - oddly - a jump in numerals to Window 10. (See also: Windows 9 rumours freeze corporate Windows 8 uptake.)
Perhaps the biggest news about Windows 10 is that it will be - in Microsofts words, "One product family, one platform, one store". For the desktop version of Windows 10, there will be no more duality, as Joe Belfiore put it. That means no more split personality between modern apps and the old desktop.
Expanded Start menu
Windows 10 will look and work a lot more like Windows 7 than Windows 8, and it will be a place where traditional and modern apps co-exist happily. The Start menu - shown below - will return and it will be customisable, including being resizeable.
Apps that run in a window
Modern apps will run on the desktop, just as had been rumoured and theyll be resizeable just like traditional apps.
Improvements to Snap
Windows 7s snap function will work with all apps, whether new or old. A new layout means you can snap four apps on the same screen. A new feature called Snap Assist allows you to grab apps from multiple desktops within Task View.
Task View
Theres a new button on the taskbar called Task View. Press it and you will see a thumbnail of all the apps which are open. Its very much like Mac OS Xs Expose feature, and thats a good thing. Its Microsofts way of helping novice users to get familiar and proficient with multitasking.
Multiple desktops
Windows 10 will also support multiple desktops, instead of requiring you to find your own way of doing it.
The new version will be also very much about making those who were unhappy with Windows 8 happy again. The focus is very much about the keyboard and mouse, but those who have devices with touch capabilities havent been forgotten.
Windows 10: why is it called Windows 10?
During the short briefing in San Francisco when Microsoft unveiled Windows 10, it made it clear that the next version would be very much unified across all types of devices with screen sizes from 4 inches to 80 inches. It confirmed that the next version of Windows Phone - after 8.1 - would be 10 and said, "This product, when you see the product in your fullness I think youll agree with us that its a more appropriate name."
When questioned about ARM-based Surface tablets, the answer was, "were building the software to update vast majority of devices out there."
Microsofts Terry Myerson summed it up with, "Windows 10 represents the first step of a whole new generation of Windows, unlocking new experiences to give customers new ways to work, play and connect. This will be our most comprehensive operating system and the best release Microsoft has ever done for our business customers, and we look forward to working together with our broader Windows community to bring Windows 10 to life in the months ahead."
Windows 10 price: A free update?
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