The new version replaces Windows 8 that was released two years ago and proved hugely unpopular especially in the business market. Wired loves Cortana, and calls Microsoft’s virtual assistant “the most useful way by far to navigate Windows“. From 29 July, new hardware from the likes of Dell, Asus and Toshiba will also run the new OS.
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How to download Windows 10: using Windows 7 or 8.1.
No, Microsoft is staggering the release of Windows 10, and initially, it will be making it available to members of its Insider programme which consists of those who previewed the versions of the system. You might want to watch out for unexpected data munching when you hook onto an internet connection.
No TV screen is needed for Xbox streaming, which lets gamers stream from the device to any PC or laptop running Windows 10.
Microsoft hopes domestic partners like Tencent and Qihoo, whose online messenger QQ and anti-virus software has been installed on hundreds of millions of computers, can help promote the new operating system to a broader range of Chinese users. For Windows 10, Cortana can provide information, organize calendars and answer users’ typed or spoken queries. You get to this screen while in your Control Panel. Despite of the tempting features Window 10 posses there are many concerning issues which prevents you from upgrading to it. All you need to do is register for the Upgrade from the Taskbar and an alert will be sent once everything is set for installation.
Once it has finished, you’ll have a bootable Windows 10 USB drive, all ready to be installed on a new PC or upgrade an existing system. How do you download it? Subsequently, the 6-year-old company, users of OS Windows 7 experience, users chose to give up.
Our own Peter Bright upgraded from Windows 8.1 last night, and he said it was “more or less flawless”.
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Those who are not eligible for the free update will have to pay £99 for the Home version of Windows 10, which will go on sale at the end of the month.
