Microsoft has just lifted the veil on Windows 10 (no, not Windows 9 ) at an event held in San Francisco last night. With this new album, Microsoft hopes to regain the many PC users disappointed with Windows 8 office when it was released in late 2012.
During the presentation of the company, Microsoft announced that its next OS would have a bunch of features, new and old , including a Start menu brought up to date, a version of the voice assistant Cortana (who made his debut with the Microsoft Windows Phone) mobile platform, a center of notifications, the ability to run multiple virtual desktops simultaneously, and more.
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Windows 10 has been discussed for months. In recent weeks, several leaks of a Technical Preview version has just unveiled prior to the time that Microsoft was under the elbow for this conference. To provide you with what you've come to expect from the OS, here are all the new features that come with Windows 10 Microsoft has demonstrated Windows 10 at the event, and describes the version presented as a "very early build" . Translation: things could change in the future.
Welcome to the new Start menu
Hello, old friend! Start menu that Microsoft removed in Windows 8, and made a triumphant return to Windows 10 .'s decision not to include a Start menu (or even the possibility to reactivate) in Windows 8 s' proved to be a huge mistake, and adoption of Windows 8 that have always been ridiculous statistics are proof. After all, if the decision was brilliant, Microsoft would not have to present the return of the Start menu first.
The new Start menu offers something familiar, but making some original touches. First, the Windows Start menu 10 offers the ability to find and search for applications, programs or utilities. Then there is the Metro side of Windows 8 on the new Start menu.
Aesthetically, though he keeps the look and spirit of the Start menu of yesteryear, the Metro interface of Windows 8 tile allows add a few shortcuts to all Metro applications of your choice. You can also move the tiles to your liking, or resize them. If you prefer to have the biggest icons in the Start menu, the menu itself extends horizontally to adapt.
You can also easily exchange the Metro application shortcuts with shortcuts to files, folders or more Traditional Windows, links to websites, and more.
If you want to search, you can do this via a search box embedded in the lower left corner of the menu. As is the case in the home screen of Windows 8, once you start typing, the results begin to appear automatically. Among them, you'll also have results that come directly from a web search. You can also stop and restart your device from the Start menu.
Welcome to multiple virtual desktops
Windows 10 also adds the ability to run multiple virtual desktops on one PC via a new feature called Task View
Following the opening of this new "task view" all you have to do to open a new office is to click on a black rectangle with a encrusted sign. Once you have opened multiple virtual desktops, they will appear as individual tiles at the bottom of your screen. You can also move applications that are open in a virtual desktop to another. An action named "Snap Assist".
Although this should facilitate the use of multitasking in Windows 10, it is reasonable to ask whether having multiple virtual desktops opened, filled with applications, will not significantly impact the performance of your system. Anyway, this is a feature that is welcome.
Metro applications run in windowed mode
Now that users can put the Metro applications in small windows, the fact navigate between your Metro apps and other programs will be a much simpler process . This is a feature that should have made its debut in Windows 8 or 8.1.
If Windows 8.1 was a welcome update, it failed to convince consumers, and partly because it offered the ability to run applications in Metro user interface of traditional office , without allowing the consumer to navigate through them in a "fluid". Windows 10 makes us forget this disappointment.
Technical Preview and release date
Microsoft said that a version Technical Preview reserved for computers available today. As for the complete release of the operating system, it is expected in mid-2015, coinciding with all the rumors that we have heard so far.
Unfortunately, there is no word on pricing for Windows 10 so far.
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Windows 10 has been discussed for months. In recent weeks, several leaks of a Technical Preview version has just unveiled prior to the time that Microsoft was under the elbow for this conference. To provide you with what you've come to expect from the OS, here are all the new features that come with Windows 10 Microsoft has demonstrated Windows 10 at the event, and describes the version presented as a "very early build" . Translation: things could change in the future.
Welcome to the new Start menu
Hello, old friend! Start menu that Microsoft removed in Windows 8, and made a triumphant return to Windows 10 .'s decision not to include a Start menu (or even the possibility to reactivate) in Windows 8 s' proved to be a huge mistake, and adoption of Windows 8 that have always been ridiculous statistics are proof. After all, if the decision was brilliant, Microsoft would not have to present the return of the Start menu first.
Aesthetically, though he keeps the look and spirit of the Start menu of yesteryear, the Metro interface of Windows 8 tile allows add a few shortcuts to all Metro applications of your choice. You can also move the tiles to your liking, or resize them. If you prefer to have the biggest icons in the Start menu, the menu itself extends horizontally to adapt.
You can also easily exchange the Metro application shortcuts with shortcuts to files, folders or more Traditional Windows, links to websites, and more.
If you want to search, you can do this via a search box embedded in the lower left corner of the menu. As is the case in the home screen of Windows 8, once you start typing, the results begin to appear automatically. Among them, you'll also have results that come directly from a web search. You can also stop and restart your device from the Start menu.
Welcome to multiple virtual desktops
Windows 10 also adds the ability to run multiple virtual desktops on one PC via a new feature called Task View
Following the opening of this new "task view" all you have to do to open a new office is to click on a black rectangle with a encrusted sign. Once you have opened multiple virtual desktops, they will appear as individual tiles at the bottom of your screen. You can also move applications that are open in a virtual desktop to another. An action named "Snap Assist".
Although this should facilitate the use of multitasking in Windows 10, it is reasonable to ask whether having multiple virtual desktops opened, filled with applications, will not significantly impact the performance of your system. Anyway, this is a feature that is welcome.
Metro applications run in windowed mode
Now that users can put the Metro applications in small windows, the fact navigate between your Metro apps and other programs will be a much simpler process . This is a feature that should have made its debut in Windows 8 or 8.1.
Technical Preview and release date
Microsoft said that a version Technical Preview reserved for computers available today. As for the complete release of the operating system, it is expected in mid-2015, coinciding with all the rumors that we have heard so far.
Unfortunately, there is no word on pricing for Windows 10 so far.