Posted on 10/15/2014 11:31:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Microsoft has released a Technical Preview of its upcoming Windows 10 operating system with an announced launch window of "later in the year" for 2015, eliminating earlier speculation that it may launch in April of 2015.
But what April will bring is the firm's annual Build conference where more information on Windows 10 will be available. This Technical Preview's license runs out on April 15, 2015, so the timing will be perfect. After an unsuccessful attempt to bridge desktop and mobile operations in Window 8, Microsoft opted to move two steps forward, skipping the Windows 9 name and heading straight for 10 in next year's version.
Windows 10 is said to work more like Windows 7 than 8, focusing strongly on Windows apps. We'll see a return of the long lost Start Menu and a redesign of the layout, complete with resizable "latest" and traditional apps. A new features called Snap Assist will let users pull apps from other desktops within Task View. This Task View feature will show a thumbnail view of all open apps, much like Mac's Expose.
With a focus on unification, Microsoft said at its recent conference that Windows 10 will be the same operating system running on everything from desktops to smartphones. In fact, the new OS is said to be the driving force behind its new smartphone platform.
Although the new operating system will not be free, as some rumors suggested, Microsoft Indonesian president Andreas Diantoro confirms that it will be a free upgrade for all Windows 8 users.
It looks like we'll have to wait for April's Build event for more information regarding price and official release date.
If you like your Windows 8.1, you can keep your Windows 8.1...
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Yikes! Now I’m really starting to panic.
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For me, I prefer the menu for its compactness, and not cluttering the desktop. I hate “busy”.
For me, I prefer the menu for its compactness, and not cluttering the desktop. I hate “busy”.
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But that is the very reason I like the tiles. I have a 34 inch or so high rez monitor and I could easily put 100 tiles on the Start Menuif I wanted to. With the old drop down system that people seem to miss I would be limited to about 20 at the most.
In the upper left hand corner of my Start Menu I have the tile that brings up my desktop. On my desktop I have the icon that takes me to my Start Menu. So I can easily toggle between the two screens.
I use the Start Menu to launch Apps.
I use the Desktop to stick shortcuts to commonly accessed folders and a couple of commonly used apps.
For me this is a perfect setup that I don’t believe can be improved upon. I have zero need for a drop down Start Menu.
I have over 200 shortcuts on my monitors and use Stardock’s Fences proggy to help me categorize them. Love the proggy. Always come up organized after a boot or crash.
so, there was a windows 1.0...omg they’re gonna force us all back to DOS...diabolical....
YYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! I finally get to re-use all my batch file programming skills! Woot!!
Fences looks pretty nice. I am basically using the Tiles in Windows 8.1 in exactly the same scheme. Why anyone would want to use a dropdown menu for this function is beyond me.
get-adcomputer -filter {osname -like "Windows 1*"}
10 is 10. No one searches a database for 1* to get 10 values since it would return everything that starts with a 1 (i.e. 100, 1000, 10000, etc.).
Rumor had it that it will only be free to retail Win 8/8.1 licenses (people who paid the $40. Win 7/XP upgrade fee or bought the full retail “box”), not Win 8 OEM licenses. We’ll see I guess.
Agreed. I group my shortcuts by my made-up categories, and Fences then orders the shortcuts within the groupings using title alpha-numerics. In the past, a reboot or crash would scatter them all over the place in spite of ordered placement I setup using the OS. A lifesaver.
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