Seven ATE Nine.The next Microsoft OS is Windows 10
As you may have heard, the next Microsoft Windows will be called Windows 10. Apparently Windows 8 was SO bad, that Microsoft wanted their next OS to sit a bit further from Windows 8.
Windows 8 had it rough. It existed for post-desktop world that (still) hasn't quite materialised, met by a sea of people who weren't asking for something so new and strange. That's why even though it feels like a regression, Windows 10 is still such a marvel. It's a step backwards into what Windows 8 was supposed to be.
People hate Windows 8. Hate it. This is news to approximately no one, and the feelings were understandable. From launch it was confusing, clumsy, occasionally downright antagonistic. But it did do some things right.
Attempting to unify tablets and desktops was smart when Windows 8 launched, and it's even smarter now.
Windows 8's here's-some-tiles-and-some-more-tiles-did-we-mention-the-tiles approach was met with annoyance, but the intention behind it was spot on. And the traditional desktop in all its mouse-friendly glory never actually went away; the old, comfortable stuff just got hidden behind the new, scary stuff. Some people just couldn't — or wouldn't — learn to live with the changes. It confused and disoriented people who just wanted their old familiar Start Menu instead of a functionally identical ones with squares instead of rectangles.
The very best Windows 8 could hope to be was "good enough". It was forever fighting an endless uphill battle against itself. But Windows 10 is the fresh start Windows 8 was supposed to be. With the switch back away from tiles to menus and the very windows that gave Microsoft's operating system its name, Windows 10 is simultaneously the clean break Windows 8 could never pull off, and the return to form that the non-existent Windows 9 needed to be, without wasting time on the backtrack. It's Windows 10! That's two away from Windows 8 because <insert expletive> that thing!
Windows 10 is exciting. The promising Universal Apps, which Microsoft announced earlier this year, will finally have the universal operating system they need to be able to thrive. The anaemic Windows Phone will be able to snag apps from its behemoth desktop brother with just a little UI tweaking. The Xbox One will bring software like Cortana to your living room. And all these new interfaces will feed back into the Windows Store, an app store that's no longer neutered by a mandatory full-screen requirement. The future is very bright.
And that's Windows 10's biggest feature: it's something we can all get excited about. Whether you hated the tiles and were willing to murder for a Start Menu/Screen in the bottom-right-hand corner, or thought the Start Screen wasn't actually that bad, Windows 10 has an option for you; Windows 7 in the front, Windows 8 right behind.
Love it or hate it, Windows 8 tore things apart in an attempt to put them together. Windows 10 is here to mend
Windows 8 had it rough. It existed for post-desktop world that (still) hasn't quite materialised, met by a sea of people who weren't asking for something so new and strange. That's why even though it feels like a regression, Windows 10 is still such a marvel. It's a step backwards into what Windows 8 was supposed to be.
People hate Windows 8. Hate it. This is news to approximately no one, and the feelings were understandable. From launch it was confusing, clumsy, occasionally downright antagonistic. But it did do some things right.
Attempting to unify tablets and desktops was smart when Windows 8 launched, and it's even smarter now.
Windows 8's here's-some-tiles-and-some-more-tiles-did-we-mention-the-tiles approach was met with annoyance, but the intention behind it was spot on. And the traditional desktop in all its mouse-friendly glory never actually went away; the old, comfortable stuff just got hidden behind the new, scary stuff. Some people just couldn't — or wouldn't — learn to live with the changes. It confused and disoriented people who just wanted their old familiar Start Menu instead of a functionally identical ones with squares instead of rectangles.
The very best Windows 8 could hope to be was "good enough". It was forever fighting an endless uphill battle against itself. But Windows 10 is the fresh start Windows 8 was supposed to be. With the switch back away from tiles to menus and the very windows that gave Microsoft's operating system its name, Windows 10 is simultaneously the clean break Windows 8 could never pull off, and the return to form that the non-existent Windows 9 needed to be, without wasting time on the backtrack. It's Windows 10! That's two away from Windows 8 because <insert expletive> that thing!
Windows 10 is exciting. The promising Universal Apps, which Microsoft announced earlier this year, will finally have the universal operating system they need to be able to thrive. The anaemic Windows Phone will be able to snag apps from its behemoth desktop brother with just a little UI tweaking. The Xbox One will bring software like Cortana to your living room. And all these new interfaces will feed back into the Windows Store, an app store that's no longer neutered by a mandatory full-screen requirement. The future is very bright.
And that's Windows 10's biggest feature: it's something we can all get excited about. Whether you hated the tiles and were willing to murder for a Start Menu/Screen in the bottom-right-hand corner, or thought the Start Screen wasn't actually that bad, Windows 10 has an option for you; Windows 7 in the front, Windows 8 right behind.
Love it or hate it, Windows 8 tore things apart in an attempt to put them together. Windows 10 is here to mend
