Microsoft at a special event in San Francisco officially announced its new operating system.Contrary to expectations platform called Windows 10, not Windows 9.
In Redmond decided to skip the next digit to call after Windows 8 is a major release of its operating system Windows 10. According to the company, the next OS called "nine" it would be wrong - too much of it new. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but Apple in October and will release OS X 10.10 - that is, the tenth version of the system software for the "poppies". It turns out that competitors suddenly "synchronize" on the OS version.
In Microsoft decided to release as much as possible a unified platform. The presenter vice president of operating systems, Terry Meyerson said that Windows 10 will be installed on a wide range of devices of different types as compared to previous versions. Guests now includes not only computers and tablets, but also smartphones, and TVs. In this case, the system will store a single universal Windows-based applications and the developers - a single tool to create them.
"One store, a single way to learn the applications, shopping and updates on devices of all types," - said Meyerson.
Desktop interface in Windows 10 looks the same as in Windows 8. However, Microsoft has brought back "Start" menu, opened by clicking on the logo in the bottom left corner of the desktop. In the left column of the menu contains shortcuts to the most recent running applications in the right - "live" tiles. The menu also contains the buttons for power management, as it was before Windows 8. In the "Start" menu also features an updated search function: with its help, you can search not only on the local system, but also on the Internet. In Microsoft paid attention to the personalization capabilities of the operating system, in particular, setting the size of the tiles in the Start menu.
In Windows 10, a number of innovations that make it easier to work with multiple open applications. Program from the store Windows Store, in "eight" is launched in full-screen mode, will now be able to work in a resizable window directly over the desktop.
When you create a Windows 10 developers have paid special attention to multi-tasking. On the taskbar, a new button - Task View. Clicking on it appear on the screen in a reduced form the windows of all running applications. In OS X is a function called Mission Control.
One of the other innovations - support for virtual desktops. The user can create multiple "spaces" and place them different windows running applications. You can display all created tables on the screen and switch between them. Similar functionality exists in OS X.
Release of Windows 10 is scheduled for 2015, in April, the company will tell you more about the software for the new OS. Try the "top ten" everyone will be able today, October 1. The company announced a program of testing Windows Insider Program - a major project to interact with users, changing the usual algorithm development Windows.