With Windows 10 and beyond,
Microsoft will allow consumers to source content for all devices running
its software from one central point. No longer will there be a
different store for Xbox, Windows Phone and Windows, but looking ahead,
apps, music, video and other such effects will be plucked from the same
portal.
Enterprise
Microsoft has long since sought to
cater to business and enterprise markets with Windows, and as you’d
expect, there’s big emphasis once again with Windows 10. With features
including corporate data protection, and what the company refers to as
“modern management,” business users will continue to thrive on what
Microsoft is already dubbing as “the best enterprise platform ever.”
Start Menu
Hauled with very little remorse
with the introduction of Windows 8, the removal of the long-standing
Start menu left many users with a feeling of bemusement, but as
promised, the traditional Start menu is back.
It mixes elements of old and new,
animating like it did on Windows 7 but sporting remnants of that Metro /
Modern interface, and not only does this seem like a happy median, but
Start menu tiles can also be resized.
Continuum Mode
If you boast a two-in-one PC then
you’ll be presented with a brand new Start Screen. And under-the-hood,
Windows 10 will detect which sort of hardware you’re running and it will
adjust the user-interface to fit your needs.
Enhanced Search
Continuing
on the topic of the Start menu, search has also been enhanced with
Windows 10. Users will be able to key in their search queries directly
from Start, and can perform both local and Web searches using this
particular facility.
Desktop Optimizations
Microsoft was panned by critics for
going on head-first with its big Metro / Modern ideas for Windows 8
without considering that the vast majority of its user base used – and
still do use – traditional rigs bereft of the touch-screen.
Windows 8.1 pandered to desktop users considerably with many of
the changes that it brought, and with Windows 10, this trend continues.
Windowed Metro / Modern apps should play nicer with the keyboard and
mouse arrangement, and for the most part, PC and notebook users should
feel a great deal more comfortable with Windows 10 than they did back in
2012 with Windows 8.
Multitasking
Multitasking continues to be an integral aspect as we seek to
perform numerous tasks concurrently, and with Windows 10, Microsoft has
added a couple of new features to make multitasking even simpler and
more fluid.
The new ‘Task View’ button, for example, which is located on
the task bar, throws up an Exposé-like view of all of your apps, and
even though Windows 10 is still very much in development, productive
users will certainly enjoy some of the tweaks that have been made here.
Enhanced Snap View
The all-new Snap Assist UI allows “up to four apps to be
snapped on the same screen,” as per Microsoft’s official press release,
and with a neat, smart suggestions feature that’ll indicate which open
apps you should fill up empty desk space with, it’s a very intuitive
all-round feature.
Multiple Desktops
Windows users have long since bombarded themselves with an
overloaded desktop, with files and apps accumulating into one big
hullabaloo. With Windows 10, users will be able to create multiple /
virtual desktops, allowing productive, organized folk to arrange
separate desktops for different tasks, while those messy folk can make a
real mess over several plains rather than just the one.
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Windows For All Devices
The next version of Windows is tailor-made to work on all devices,
be it a 4-inch phone, all the way up to a mighty 80-inch display.
Technical Preview Download
The Technical Preview of Windows 10, which has been referenced ad
nauseam over the last couple of months, will be available for users to
test starting October 1st, 2014. The all-new Windows Insider Program
will, a bit like Apple’s new OS X Beta Seed program, allow regular users
to test drive unfinished software should they so wish, although as
exciting as it sounds, interested parties should remember that the
experience is likely to be buggier and more erratic than usual.
More details can be found at: preview.windows.com
Release Date
Microsoft revealed that Windows 10 will roll out in the middle of
next year, and although naturally vague at this stage, did also add that
it would be releasing after the annual BUILD dev gathering.
Pricing
There’s no word on the price as yet, which makes sense given that
we’re barely over the line for the announcement, but as soon as this
information is made public, we’ll have the details right here
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