You are not the only one surprised with the name Windows
10. Everyone thought Windows 9 would be the next Windows because the existing
one is Windows 8.1, which is an update to Windows 8. No one is sure why
Microsoft decided to skip 9 in the naming scheme. May be someone within
Microsoft liked the joke "7 8 9 (seven ate nine)" and thought it was
a great idea to move to the number 10. Anyways, Windows 10 technical preview is
out and company wishes to launch the full-fledged OS sometime later in 2015.
With Windows 10 Microsoft is again focusing on
traditional computer users and enterprise customers who love Windows 7 and
Windows XP. Windows 10 is closer to Windows 7 than Windows 8. Microsoft said
that Windows 10 would be available in the later part of 2015. Price is not yet
available. The actual release of Windows 10 is months away but the company is
releasing technical preview of the Windows 10 on Wednesday night. It expects
that consumers will use this preview version and share feedback, which will be
used to polish the software.
To that end,
Windows 10 will run on more types of devices than ever before, and Microsoft
will bring forth a single application platform, complete with one integrated
Store, to deliver Windows experiences across devices. The traditional Windows 7 Snap View works in classic and
universal apps on Windows 10.
Microsoft also wanted to make its
OS more novice-friendly to help them multitask better on the platform. A button
called "task view" is now present on the task bar, and launching task
view will pull up all the apps users have running. Multiple desktops live along
the bottom of the screen, and users can jump from desktop to desktop while
keeping all their apps running.
A new Snap Assist UI lets users
grab apps from various desktops, pulling them onto their screen in one
full-screen view. You can have Bing search along the bottom, a Word doc on top,
a PowerPoint to the side and your finder open below it. In a simple fix - one
that should have been added long ago - users can now Crtl+V to paste a command
prompt. Swiping to the left on a
touch-enabled Windows 10 device will pull up task view, complete with larger
buttons for a more finger-friendly experience. Swiping to the right pulls up
the settings menu.
You can download Windows 10
Technical Preview version from the below link, and install it to your PC,
generally if your PC runs Windows 7, it should run 10 as well, you would be
needing a Microsoft account for this download, which can be acquired in a
jiffy.
Windows 10 is all about
balancing the demands of different users. It's not just business users with
desktop PCs and keyboards, versus tablet users. Windows is for sensors and data
centres and Windows Phone and Xbox One as well as tablets and laptops and desktop
PCs and giant wall screens and all the devices in between (at least in
Microsoft's ambitions). But what we're seeing in this first technical preview
release is very much about balancing the heritage of two decades on Windows
with the new world of touch, and with making IT teams comfortable with the BYOD
and consumerisation features introduced in Windows 8 by giving them more
security options and more management.
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