It is a figment of mass almost a collective work . Were five million users around the world in recent months have come to experience a preview and, with their constant feedback, helped improve Windows 10 , available in the final version from next July 29.
View joined this gigantic global experiment of democracy computer and can tell how the new Microsoft operating system will improve and make the simplest of our digital lives. cost , at least for those who already use Windows 7 or 8.1: “Just upgrade within a year,” explains Evita Bar , director of the Windows division of Microsoft Italy. “Then,” he adds, “will remain free for life.” Overcome this large time window, or immediately if you have never gone to versions 7 or 8.1 of the software, you must purchase a license from the price anyway content: from about 100 € up .
The software will be downloaded gradually (enabled users to download will be notified on their screens), to avoid clogging the server and trigger frustrating wait. Looking ahead, the program will be of about 1 billion devices within the next three years: computer, tablet, smartphone and not only; objects connected to a keyboard and a mouse or touch completely; gadgets for personal or professional use. Clearly, Windows 10 will become part of our daily . Your first look very practical, for points, to begin to know.
The password are you
Today the choice is between keys and banal character combinations impregnable but abstruse: the forget a second after being set. Windows 10 resolves the problem with “Hello” : not a friendly gesture of welcome, but a mechanism that recognizes our face, iris or fingerprint widening access to devices. Microsoft has long been to work with partners like Intel and soon all will be equipped hardware with sensors and cameras that will erase forever the task of the password. Raising, in parallel, the level of security: you can steal a code, not a finger or an eye.
The assistant factotum
We are never alone when using Windows 10. Next to us there Cortana , Microsoft’s answer to Siri Apple, an ally intelligent digital able to answer questions that we put to voice and learn to know each other day after day. “Remember,” says Barra “frequent contacts, journeys recurring , appointments. So not only reminds us of a meeting, but we may want to go out first if there is traffic on the route. ” Let’s say from experience: it happens to find uncomfortable to converse with your computer or with the tablet. Never fear: Cortana can be queried via the keyboard. It is proof shy.
The interactive browser
Internet Explorer is not dead, it will remain for a while ‘board of Windows 10, but Microsoft betting on something new: Edge. is a program to view the Web sites without the trouble of buttons, options and menu thousand who sacrifice the reading area. Sobriety and cleaning then, but also a strong social: if we face a device with a touch screen, we can use a stylus or your finger to highlight a portion of the page, or an image as a circle , add notes and notes. And share everything with our contacts. A useful function at work and fun if you want to draw the attention of a friend of a detail discovered in the network.
The best from the past
With Windows 10 Microsoft looks ahead but do not forget, in parallel, the tradition. Get the button “Start” , suppressed in previous editions of the operating system and here’s this new, revised, improved. With one click, we are just a click or finger applications that we use frequently. We can choose how much space to give them the display : just a square or a generous portion of the screen, so as to maintain the principal under the nose. More: icons speak , tell us now how many emails or text messages have not yet read or what is the temperature in the city.
The hypermarket of the app
The shop program was unified. The “Windows Store” , the bazaar of applications, games and surroundings, is the same for both fixed and mobile one. Here, in the window, is devoted to “universal app”: Software that work with a similar interface on desktop and laptop computers, tablets and smartphones. The main one is the Office package, accompanied by maps, utility for photos, videos, music. And thanks to cloud content is available everywhere. Not only that, if you change a file on one device, the latest version will be automatically updated as soon as you invoke it on another.
A face only
” Windows 10 is a unique platform , which is independent of the device that is used, “emphasizes Barra. In general, if today we are accustomed to user experiences quite different from each other on smartphones, tablets and PCs, here are many points of contact. The similarities in the operation, in the interaction with our technological gadgets, are greater than the differences. You’re comfortable with a we are already skilled to maneuver the other. “We want to ensure,” added Barra “a natural approach, simple, innovative.” An example? If you open a movie or a presentation, the player remains the same everywhere . Obvious that the content fits the size and orientation of the screen.
and Order productivity
It’s gone the time when you worked with a program at a time. We use at least two : typically, a word processor and a browser or PDF reader (or both together) from which we fish information. It might come in handy to have immediate access to a music service or an Excel file. On Windows 10 here is the function “Snap” , which automatically combines up to four applications and adapts itself the size of those that remain open if we reduce to an icon. We can also set up multiple desktops, more desks parallel: for work, fun, kids. The transition from one to another is immediate.
The safety features
In addition to the recognition of the face and fingerprints, Windows 10 includes “Defender” , a virus that acts in silence, protects free devices and auto-updating . It is not the only care designed by Microsoft to protect the privacy of its users, “Advanced services like Cortana,” recalls Bar “yes can store our habits to work better, but is easy to remove elements that we do not like are stored in its memory. For example, the fact that every day, at the same time, we play along with an app on the phone. “
Many other screens
In addition to tablets, smartphones and PCs, Windows 10 flirts with Xbox, the console from Microsoft. You can to stream the video game from the living room and continue playing on another device from the bathroom, the kitchen, the bedroom. Or share the games with friends and watch live their progress. The operating system will be compatible with Rift , the virtual reality helmet signed Oculus Vr, expected early 2016. In addition, will be the heart of HoloLens , glasses developed by Redmond that open their doors to the most anticipated technological revolution of recent years: take the holograms, fragments of bits of the digital world, in our everyday world.
Welcome ubiquity
Finally, the operating system can work without living in a screen. Will the invisible motor of many objects related , from large household appliances such as the refrigerator or air conditioner to tiny sensors. All transmit their information directly to the cloud; we may command them from your phone or PC, or leave that manage themselves , finding from the data they collect and share the best settings for them to perform their tasks. “Besides,” concludes Barra “Windows 10 is a universal language . Even things can speak it. “
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