Microsoft's much-anticipated Windows 10 operating system
will be available from July 29, the company has stated.
Microsoft customers running Windows 7 or 8.1 can upgrade to
the new system from free from the end of July, across 190 countries.
Users have one year to take advantage of the free upgrade,
and once upgraded to Windows 10 Microsoft will continue to update it throughout
the lifetime of the device.
Keen fans can reserve an upgrade through clicking an icon in
their system tray in the bottom right hand corner of the screen
The news ends months of speculation as to the availability
of the system, which will be welcomed as a replacement to the much-maligned
Windows 8.
Microsoft has said that this will be the last-ever version
of the Windows operating system in its known form, with future upgrades being
rolled out like OS X for Mac.
Unlike with previous versions, there will not be a separate
Windows Phone 10 operating system. Instead, Windows 10 will be used across all
Microsoft devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones – as well
as the Xbox games console and HoloLens, Microsoft's new wireless holographic
headset. Windows 10 could also enable users to manage devices and appliances
across their home.
However, Microsoft revealed at their recent Build developer
conference that release of Windows 10 would be staggered across other devices,
following the PC launch.
There will be a single store to buy software from, with
developers only needing to write it once for all devices.
A new feature called Continuum means people using Windows 10
with a mouse and keyboard will see the new system in a classic desktop mode,
but switching to a tablet or smartphone will see it transform into touchscreen
mode.
Windows 10 sees the return of the Start Menu, which was
ditched in Windows 8 in favour of "tiles", in the hope that it would
encourage wider adoption on touchscreen devices.
However, the resizable tiles still feature in Windows 10,
appearing when users open the Start Menu and signalling new emails and social
media messages as well as weather information.
Rather than Internet Explorer, Windows 10 will come with a
new web browser called Microsoft Edge, which allows users to annotate webpages
or save them to read later.
It will also include Microsoft’s personal assistant tool
Cortana – already on Windows Phone – which will pop-up with notifications and
act as a search tool..
Source From:- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
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