It is worth reminding that Microsoft wants to ensure that everyone has a great upgrade experience and thus Windows 10 is being carefully rolled out in phases, delivering Windows 10 first to its “Insiders“. Microsoft states “After October 1, a clean installation of Windows 10, the Windows 10 Enterprise 90-day Evaluation, or your former operating system will be required; and you will need to reinstall all of your programs and data”.
If you’re one of the millions of people who’ve already upgraded to Windows 10, you’ve probably noticed that the OS changed your default apps. Although Beard said he appreciates that it’s still possible to choose a different default browser in Windows 10, he laments that the settings “been changed to make this less obvious and more hard”.
The stakes are high for Microsoft as it pushes out the new operating system for both traditional computers and mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones.
Microsoft, while retaining some of the features of its unpopular Windows 8, such as “live tiles” for touch-based computing, the company decided to forego the release of a 9th version and jumped straight to the release of 10.
Microsoft aims to get Windows 10 installed on 1 billion devices over the next few years.
You can head on over to the TechNet Evaluation Centre page to download the trial of Windows 10 Enterprise.
Microsoft started rolling out Windows 10 earlier this week in 190 countries, including India. While I wasn’t one of the people who couldn’t stand Windows 8, I do think that the new start menu is a huge improvement.
Windows 10 also comes with Microsoft’s virtual personal assistant, Cortana, which pops up with notifications and suggestions, and learns the user’s preferences over time. It’s the sort of thing that has got Microsoft in trouble before, forcing the company to ship a special version of Windows 7 for Europe and introduce a browser ballot screen which allows users to pick a third-party browser to replace the defaults. According to Lance Whitney in an article for c/net, “You can also grab any new Windows updates yourself rather than waiting for them to be installed”.
