Microsoft skips Windows 9, its now Windows 10

#4926421

PhazeDelta1

2014-09-30 20:09

I really like what I have seen so far.

#4926431

Cyberdyne

2014-09-30 20:14

Is there a reason behind the name skip?

#4926434

Denial

2014-09-30 20:16

Is there a reason behind the name skip?

Terry Myerson, Executive Vice President for the Operating System Group, said that the new release represented such a shift in Microsoft's approach to delivering Windows and in what Windows will be—able to span everything from an Internet-of-Things gizmo to a phone to a tablet to a PC to a server—that calling it Windows 9 wouldn't be big enough to capture the differences. Given the rest of the company's One-themed branding (Xbox One, OneDrive, OneNote, and such), Myerson said that calling the new OS Windows One was logical—but it turns out that a guy called Bill Gates already did that back in the 1980s. So the company went for Windows 10 instead. Apple did the same thing with its OS more than a decade ago and has stayed there ever since. Microsoft's new brand opens the door to both major desktop operating systems being version ten... forever.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/09/the-next-version-of-windows-will-be-windows-10/

#4926436

Terje_P

2014-09-30 20:18

Will there be Nvidia and AMD drivers made specifically for Windows 10? Are there any changes to the driver model?

#4926443

Primey0

2014-09-30 20:27

I'm seeing zero reason to upgrade from 8.1. Come on Microsoft, if you expect me to pay for your OS show me something good. Although if rumors are true, it could be free

#4926449

PhazeDelta1

2014-09-30 20:32

I'm seeing zero reason to upgrade from 8.1. Come on Microsoft, if you expect me to pay for your OS show me something good. Although if rumors are true, it could be free

The upgrade is free.

#4926454

Slikar

2014-09-30 20:44

So this is just same as NV changing from 800 to 900 series branding? Whatever , as long as it's free 😀

#4926455

Calmmo

2014-09-30 20:46

So this is just same as NV changing from 800 to 900 series branding? Whatever , as long as it's free 😀

Nvidia did this to avoid confusion with the long standing mobile 800 series. This is just microsolf selling us bull***t again.

#4926463

Primey0

2014-09-30 20:56

The upgrade is free.

I'll believe it when they officially confirm it.

#4926464

Bladeforce

2014-09-30 20:56

I just find windows irrelevant in todays changing world

#4926466

expo

2014-09-30 20:58

Is there a reason behind the name skip?

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/09/the-next-version-of-windows-will-be-windows-10/

so ... no

#4926472

lucidus

2014-09-30 21:04

We can test it tomorrow onwards and it will be updated every now and then too .. can't wait for it to arrive so we can leave 8's stink behind along with the obnoxious flaming it used to cause.

#4926475

KrzYsieK8926

2014-09-30 21:04

So first they went from 360 to One and now it's 10 after 8.

#4926476

Yecnot

2014-09-30 21:05

I just find windows irrelevant in todays changing world

Despite the fact that is the most popular OS?

We can test it tomorrow onwards and it will be updated every now and then too .. can't wait for it to arrive so we can leave 8's stink behind along with the obnoxious flaming it used to cause.

Have you read my post blog Struggle is Real V3? I just went from Athlon64 W8.1 64 to Core2Q XP 32.

#4926477

-Tj-

2014-09-30 21:06

Well I dont like that new start menu one bit, still hope its optional though, will stick with metro win8 look. Even this new win8 metro look is kinda meh, them extra folders on the left side are kinda pointless :P,. I already have explorer (taskbar) and my documents on desktop, dont really need extra in that metro start on top of it all.

#4926478

Extraordinary

2014-09-30 21:06

We can test it tomorrow onwards and it will be updated every now and then too .. can't wait for it to arrive so we can leave 8's stink behind along with the obnoxious flaming it used to cause.

We can just copy/paste all the 8.x threads and edit 8.x to 10, sure most of them will still make sense

#4926481

GhostXL

2014-09-30 21:08

Windows 10..hmm all the same in the end. Been using their copy paste of start8 since windows 8 launch.

#4926484

tsunami231

2014-09-30 21:09

Most interest need to see pricing

#4926490

KrzYsieK8926

2014-09-30 21:14

I guess built-in calculator will be useless. I wonder what name they come up with for next Forza.

#4926494

GhostXL

2014-09-30 21:17

I guess built-in calculator will be useless. I wonder what name they come up with for next Forza.

At least they took start8 and put it in windows 10. I'd not be surprised if stardock has something to say about it. Looks the exact same. About Forza....Different steering wheel covers! Collect em all!