Microsoft announces Windows 10 release set for this summer
In a blog post on the Windows website, Terry Myerson, head of Microsoft's operating systems team, didn't elaborate on the release time frame beyond saying it was shared at the Windows Hardware Engineering Community event in Shenzhen, China, today. The time frame aligns with an earlier Neowin report that the company is planning to finish the operating system in June to ready it for consumer consumption.
While specific territories weren't provided, the announcement of 190 countries likely means all major consumer markets will see a roughly simultaneous release.
Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for consumer devices with Windows 7, Windows 8.1 or Windows Phone 8.1 in its first year, though businesses will have to pay for enterprise operating system upgrades. Computer users can currently test the preview version of the operating system, while a select number of Lumia smartphones can test its mobile version, with support for more phones coming soon.
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JRMHPosted:
TetPotionTetPryzel W10 is incredible OS in my opinion, happy that they went back to the W7 style.
They didn't "go back" to it, they created an OS around Windows 7 that would still be appealing to everyone who liked Windows 8 which I don't know how people would.
Windows 8 wasn't that bad with a few installed tweaks like StartMenu8. But windows 10 will hopefully push people to upgrade seeing as it's a free upgrade even for pirates.
The fact that people had to install 3rd Party software to make an OS usable is annoying.
Same as androids lol. Mac/iOS for the win.
AdamuPosted:
The only reason I would get Windows 10 is because of the start menu as I miss that as the windows 8 menu is horrible.
KatsumiChanPosted:
PotionTetPryzel W10 is incredible OS in my opinion, happy that they went back to the W7 style.
They didn't "go back" to it, they created an OS around Windows 7 that would still be appealing to everyone who liked Windows 8 which I don't know how people would.
Windows 8 wasn't that bad with a few installed tweaks like StartMenu8. But windows 10 will hopefully push people to upgrade seeing as it's a free upgrade even for pirates.
The fact that people had to install 3rd Party software to make an OS usable is annoying.
GaryPosted:
TetPryzel W10 is incredible OS in my opinion, happy that they went back to the W7 style.
They didn't "go back" to it, they created an OS around Windows 7 that would still be appealing to everyone who liked Windows 8 which I don't know how people would.
Windows 8 wasn't that bad with a few installed tweaks like StartMenu8. But windows 10 will hopefully push people to upgrade seeing as it's a free upgrade even for pirates.
KatsumiChanPosted:
-Skittle I might upgrade from Windows 7 depending on the reviews that come after the release
I'd wait a good 3-5months for most of the after-release bugs to be fixed.
XenoChristPosted:
See this looks a lot better than Windows 8. No one wants their start menu to take up the whole screen.
VPNPosted:
That's big profit risk for Microsoft to make the Windows 10 upgrade free for a year. The upgrades for higher packages won't compensate their losses. Then again, the Xbox 360 was selling at a lost in the beginning of its release and production.
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