At its Windows event in San Francisco today, Microsoft announced the next release of its operating system. Known until now as codename Threshold, the successor to Windows 8 will officially be known as Windows 10.
Terry Myerson, Microsoft’s Executive Vice President of Operating System, unveiled the name, after saying Windows is used by about 1.5 billion people. “Windows is at a Threshold and now it’s time for a new Windows,” Myerson said at the event. “It wouldn’t be right to call it Windows 9.”
Before giving the new name, Myerson trolled everyone by saying it would be called Windows One. Since Windows 1 has already been released though, the company chose to go with Windows 10. He did promise, however, that Windows 10 would work across all types of devices (computers, tablets, phones, and of course the Internet of Things): “One product family. One platform. One store.”
The new operating system will offer a tailored experience for each device, but a single store will offer apps and updates across all devices. Windows 10 “will deliver the right experience on the right device at the right time,” Myerson said.
The Start menu not only has live tiles, but you can resize them, which impacts the overall size of the menu itself. You can also search the Web and receive results without opening up a browser.
While showing off the new operating system, Joe Belfiore, Corporate Vice President, Operating Systems Group at Microsoft, said today that going from Windows 8 to Windows 10 is like going from a Prius to a Tesla. “They don’t have to learn any new way to drive.”
Windows 10 will naturally support universal Windows apps. As has been rumored before, they will be accessible from the desktop in a windowed mode. The Snap View will also work with both classic and universal apps.
Belfiore also demoed new features like Task View (which shows you all the apps that are currently open, even across virtual desktops):
Despite the focus on the mice and keyboard today, Microsoft will keep the touch part of Windows 8 around. The argument here is that touch users have higher satisfaction on Windows 8 devices than on Windows 7 devices. The opposite is true for mouse and keyboard users. As a result, Microsoft wants businesses to think of Windows 10 as a merging of Windows 7 and Windows 8.
This release is also expected to be different in that Microsoft is hoping to gather more feedback than usual. Many of the features and changes aren’t even ready to show off yet, so testers can expect the company will be constantly tweaking its offering over the next months.
It’s important to emphasize that today’s event is the first of many to come. While this one focuses on enterprise and power users, Microsoft will naturally host others, including ones for consumers. In fact, early next year the company will talk “more about the consumer story” and during its Build conference in April 2015, it will “share more about Universal apps.”
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