HAVE PASSED already thirty years since a major US company founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen lords, called Microsoft, launched on the market an operating system to Windows for IBM PCs: you He called Windows 1.0 and at a distance of three decades, a lot has changed for both the company and for the system – and even more to the world. Windows 10 comes out these days, the difference with the name of the first Windows is only a dot, of course, but under the hood there’s a new universe. Which must meet the rules of the market today, when the Pc of time are not just IBM, and mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets make the law, and our life is about to be invaded by the second wave of connected objects, wearable, for household, automotive. Not even Microsoft today is to Allen and Gates: the company has gone through major acquisitions (Skype, Nokia) and under various stages of restructuring, counting heavy job cuts. The Satya Nadella to have a clear vision of recalibration of the giant Microsoft has always been cross-offering of products and services, which now has to compete with other visions and billed as strong as those of Apple’s Tim Cook and the versatility of Google technology , that invests and spends substantially in any direction of innovation possible. In reality all Windows 10 is thought to live comfortably on desktops and mobile devices, without excessive levies in user: This approach is called Continuum and works particularly well on the notebook-tablet hybrid devices, but of course is also suitable of larger screens, such as those of the interactive stations. Another key point is the security of Windows 10, Microsoft has long raised the quality level of protection system developed “in house” and this version brings the level of security a little ‘higher. Back useful system of automatic backup of documents and files, and especially the revived utility to create incremental backups of the system, which was in Windows 7, disappeared without reason in 8 hours and wisely reintroduced. So in Windows 10 there are also ideas and well applied. The new browser Edge reflects the heritage of Internet Explorer but still more sharply again from zero. E ‘it designed to keep up with aggressive competitors like Chrome and Firefox and in fact already in this first version provides strong performance, coupled with the ability to function as a “notebook” of the web by pressing a button. You can graphically highlight areas of the pages and then save them or share them with OneNote. The best of the new ideas of Microsoft, however, is undoubtedly Cortana, the voice assistant of Windows, the first ever to even get on the computer and not just on mobile devices. Cortana is named after a female video game series Halo (Microsoft always) and is able to understand even complex sentences, certainly needs to be connected to the Internet, but the “parser” voice that is available is relevant, and the algorithm that the soul “learn” to know you as they would interact. Interesting opportunity to look at Cortana documents and files without necessarily remember the title, but a voice indicating the topics in what is sought, such as “Find those notes on (topic at will).” In most cases, Cortana can recover what is sought in the first attempt. With the prices of the new Windows opens another chapter. Windows 10 is available as a free upgrade for anyone who has a valid license of Windows 7 and 8 (and 8.1), and will remain a free download for a year, and for life as use. Who will decide to upgrade over the 365 days of the calendar year, however, he will have to pay it. In our tests, we installed the various build of Windows 10 on multiple machines, in virtual and as primary operating system on notebooks and even netbooks a few years ago. Despite the flaws of pre-release versions, Windows 8 has maintained optimal levels of performance on older machines by now, even here the optimization work done by Microsoft is evident, making the system suitable for less powerful architectures. Also because the road was forced: the PC market accuses the shots coming from the mobile device, and in fact Windows 10 has as its goal the extension of its ecosystem to 360 degrees. Increasing the range of influence even on video games and the Xbox world: Windows 10 is linked directly to the console Microsoft becoming an extension through play streaming titles for Xbox One, and connecting directly to the joypad. Windows 10 is an operating system that shows the new direction for Microsoft and the horizon of business Nadella. The user experience, even if the bonnet there’s always Windows, is greatly relieved, all the os works more smoothly and the various parts of the complex that is Windows appear much more homogeneous and contiguous to each other . The work done in Redmond is obvious, we found ourselves using Cortana to perform the most mundane tasks, simply because they ask voice to launch an app and help us find high elements to complete a work experience that after the revolution the mobile is now for any user a second nature. In the case of Windows 10 it all works very well, and the responses of the competitors will start showing up. Although probably the most formidable competitor for Microsoft’s platform is Mac OS X or Linux, but probably Windows 7. Another landmark in the history of Microsoft, installed anywhere in the world and the hard skin as and perhaps more than that of the archaic Windows XP, now officially withdrawn from the market years ago, but alive and well in millions of computers worldwide, although not the most updated and more exposed to the risks. Microsoft has sparigliato and brought to market a system that aims to make inroads into the hearts of new users and finally to tickle traditionalists. The elements are there to bring home the result in both cases, the company’s Satya Nadella offers a rich dish. In this sense, Windows 10 retrieves the dot program 30 years ago, it is a Windows renovated. A true new beginning and a driving force for Microsoft for years to come.
That Windows 10 can not be and is not only the simple return to the desktop and the button “Start”: the aim is to establish a universal platform that is underlying the operation of PCs but also mobile devices, to arrive at the Xbox One and the Internet of Things , connected objects: Windows 10 there is in fact a version IoT, in fact dedicated to small processors dedicated to the digitization of the existing. It is no coincidence that Microsoft has just launched its new app store, universal fact, where there are applications for Windows 10 for PCs, but also for smartphones and tablets. The fragmentation of the platform is a thing of the past, however, remains the commercial, with several “cuts” os dedicated to home users, professionals and businesses. Here there is still a trace of Windows that was, because otherwise the product is evidently been rethought, redesigned and made current.
What changes for the main users of Windows, with this version 10? Graphically the innovations are evident. The desktop is again the focus of attention, the interface “modern” has not disappeared, it’s just become the key to the “start” menu. A choice functional and aesthetic very well managed and implemented, which brings the experience of Windows to complete the reconquest of confidence by the user. Finally know where to go when taking the mouse or touch the screen, integration remarkable than the clear division of Windows 8 (although the adjustments made from version 8.1) but where Microsoft has worked hard on the functionality is: there is not only a aesthetic synthesis, but the Start menu is now the real center of the operating system, extremely clear and customizable, and with a series of quick links to feature Os, such as note-taking instant, the app’s calendar, maps (also available for Use online). There is also a new app for photos, a whole range of services “embedded” talking to each other and they build the infrastructure of an operating system is not only more “modern”, but contemporary. And for those who were to have nostalgia for the “modern look” of Windows 8, simply set the PC in tablet mode to get back the start screen with the “live tile” on the screen, in a more advanced version.
- Arguments:
- Windows 10
- windows
- Microsoft
- windows 8
- PC
- computers
- Mobile
- Starring:
- Satya Nadella
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