Microsoft just announced Windows 10. It looks very familiar.
Microsoft announced on Tuesday the successor operating system to Windows 8 — and they're skipping a number, to call it "Windows 10."
"When you see the product in its fullness I think you will agree with us that it is a more appropriate name," said Microsoft executive Terry Myerson, USA Today reports.
Some of Windows 10's promoted features may seem a bit familiar, though, like the return of the venerable Start Menu, as well as having modern programs running in resizable windows instead of automatically going full screen. Thus, it looks like Microsoft might actually be undoing the radical, tablet-style changes of Windows 8, and bringing back the Windows 7 interface elements that many people liked on their desktop and laptop computers.
Check out Microsoft's official video promoting a preview version that will be released to the public, for users willing to run experimental software. The company says the final version will be released later in 2015
Microsoft announced on Tuesday the successor operating system to Windows 8 — and they're skipping a number, to call it "Windows 10."
"When you see the product in its fullness I think you will agree with us that it is a more appropriate name," said Microsoft executive Terry Myerson, USA Today reports.
Some of Windows 10's promoted features may seem a bit familiar, though, like the return of the venerable Start Menu, as well as having modern programs running in resizable windows instead of automatically going full screen. Thus, it looks like Microsoft might actually be undoing the radical, tablet-style changes of Windows 8, and bringing back the Windows 7 interface elements that many people liked on their desktop and laptop computers.
Check out Microsoft's official video promoting a preview version that will be released to the public, for users willing to run experimental software. The company says the final version will be released later in 2015
