That's right, you read right - Windows 10.
Why 10? Maybe Microsoft's marketing department showed that people like the number 10 more than they like the number 9. Regardless, here's what you have to look forward to.
Some rather simple and obvious improvements that give the people what they want. My take on this - a company that listens. Microsoft has given in to critics and brought back the traditional start menu that people will recognize from Windows 7. That means consumers can click on the window icon and have a menu pop up showing their documents folder, PC settings, command prompt, and the like. Microsoft has also tried to placate people that were accustomed to the tile-based interface of Windows 8 by, in essence, gluing a few tiles onto the right side of the start menu.
As I have written in previous blog entries, Microsoft is attempting to merge all the devices we have come to use on a daily basis. That was the attempt with the whole "tile" thing in Windows 8 - to increase familiarity between devices such as the Windows Phone, Microsoft Surface interfaces as well as other non-Microsoft devices. This along with the integration of the Windows SkyDrive, now called OneDrive made for seamless integration between devices and further guided us all into a Cloud based world. Windows 10 takes this one step further by literally making all Microsoft devices run on Windows 10. That means that your Surface, laptop, desktop, and phone would all run on the same basic code that is Windows 10.
With Windows 10, Microsoft is delivering something familiar, which should be an easier sell for businesses looking to upgrade machines with minimal hassle. This may also be a huge irritant as many businesses just finished spending millions to upgrade and or replace their systems which were running the now obsolete Windows XP. Now, this doesn't mean that companies must upgrade, but its kind of like when you buy the latest TV only to find one way cooler, larger, and cheaper for sale the following week.
If Microsoft keeps its trend of failed every other Operating Systems, Windows 10 should be the OS to please us all. Hopefully....
Just an FYI - I'm still running 7.
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