Microsoft began sending journalists and market experts invitations to special events, to be held January 21 in Redmond. At the presentation will be shown the final version of Windows 10. Among the most anticipated announcements - mode Continuum, voice assistant Cortana and operating system for smartphones and tablets.
In the title indicated by invitation phrase «Windows 10: The next chapter» (Windows 10: A new chapter), which means that the release of an important and new product Microsoft. The event will be attended by CEO Satya Nadella, executive vice president of operating systems Terry Myerson, head of Xbox Phil Spencer and Joe Belfiore, who runs the mobile division of Microsoft.
The new operating system will be tightly integrated with cloud services, such as search engine Bing, personal assistant Cortana and storage OneDrive. Now it is available for test assembly Technical Preview, which anyone can download the manufacturer's website.
By now we know that the final version of Windows 10 will be available no earlier than autumn 2015. Prior to that, the last few weeks on the Web conventional wisdom, according to which the new platform can be made available to the end user a little earlier - in the middle of next year.
If Windows 10 really will fall, then it turns out that Microsoft has released a platform exactly 3 years after the release of Windows 8, which marked the company's entry in the mobile market.
Despite associated with Windows 8 failure (she still can not catch up on the popularity of the outdated Windows XP), Microsoft has managed to maintain its leadership in the market of desktop operating systems. Windows 10, thanks to the return of "Start" menu and lower prices for the basic version, designed to accelerate the transition of users on a PC.