Rolled out in 190 countries around the world, many users were excited to be among the first ones to experience that newest OS from Microsoft. Instead, Windows 10 will be used across all Microsoft devices, including PCs, tablets and smartphones – as well as the Xbox games console and Microsoft’s holographic headset, HoloLens.
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For comparison, Microsoft sold 40 million licenses for Windows 8, its last major operating system, in the first month of availability in 2012.
Not that it isn’t expected, but Windows 10 despite being all lovely has its fair share of bugs. You can simply download the operating system from the Microsoft website and easily burn it on a DVD or put the files on a USB drive and restart your computer while the media is inserted.
The Windows 10 free upgrade is available for a year, so those who have yet to request an update have time to decide whether it’s right for them.
Microsoft launched Windows 10 as a free upgrade to its consumers this week. Unlike Windows 8, which was met with heavy criticism even before it was released to the public, the response to Windows 10 has been, for the most part, pretty positive.
The update is free for all existing Windows 7 and Windows 8 users, provided that they have registered their reservation of the copy.
Windows 10 – the latest edition of Microsoft’s operating system complete with a brand new web browser – launches overnight.
The Start menu, which many Windows users have been missing is back, the Internet Explorer is replaced with Edge, which comes with new and unique features such as multitasking.
Microsoft’s executives have been out in the community; Terry Myerson visited his local Microsoft store to see how the Windows 10 announcement was going and Satya Nadella was in Kenya learning how Windows has impacted the lives of children in small rural communities.
The error message soon started rolling up one by one with many users actually trolling the Windows 10 over their Twitter handles.
But as well as new types of input, Windows 10 is focused on inclusion.
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Dell and Toshiba seemed to have made the biggest push, both with multiple Windows 10 models available.
