New Delhi October 1 – Microsoft on Tuesday announced Windows 10, the next version of the computer operating system that powers almost half billion machines across the world.
The name, however, came as a huge surprise. The world expected Microsoft to name its next PC operating system Windows 9 given that it is succeeding Windows 8. But the company definitely had other ideas.
The Windows 10 marks a break from the tablet-centric approach Microsoft took with the Windows 8 and brings back the “familiar” Start menu to the OS. It also has a number of new features like a unified app centre, a more robust snap view and ability to run Modern UI aka Metro apps in desktop mode.
Microsoft said that with Windows 10, the focus is on enterprise users and people who like to navigate around the OS using a keyboard and mouse. “Windows is at a threshold and now it’s time for a new Windows,” said Terry Myerson, the head of the Windows division at Microsoft, as he showed Windows 10.
Microsoft said that the preview versions of Windows 10 would be available from tomorrow as part of Windows Insider Program even though the finals versions would only come in the later part of 2015. “We’re inviting our enthusiastic fans to evaluate it with us. We know they’re a vocal bunch,” said Myerson.
-INDIA TODAY
