Windows 10: Free upgrade to Windows 7, and Windows Phone 8.1

With a public event, even in streaming web, Microsoft has provided new information on the operating system Windows 10.

Debuting in the fall, free upgrades and great integration between the different types of devices. With a live event from your Campus Redmont Microsoft has provided new information on the next-generation operating system, known as Windows 10.

And this is the second event organized by Microsoft in this way: in the previous emphasis was on use in the enterprise of the new operating system in the ad while today the focus is on the consumer audience.

Interesting to note that Microsoft has stressed from the beginning as the first feedback provided by users of Windows 10 has been used internally to enrich the new operating system. Moreover, with Windows 10 Microsoft has chosen a radical change of approach to the introduction of new operating systems, providing a beta well before the launch of the OS and providing updates with new.

For the first year of availability of the operating system, Microsoft provides a free upgrade for owners of the operating systems Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1. Expected an announcement of this kind by Microsoft and is a confirmation interesting, especially with reference to the many systems based on OS Windows 7 that are present in the market and used by users.

During the presentation, Microsoft gave the clear impression that you have a Windows 10 operating system really capable of full integration between different types of devices. For the user, the transition between PCs, tablets and other mobile devices should be done in a natural way, as the possibility of using different types of input device’s keyboard, mouse, pen and touch interaction with Toco and gesture.

Very interesting in this direction with the demo tablet and smartphone reduced diagonal: Microsoft insists in the development of universal App that can adapt to different devices, providing a user experience that is increasingly unified but taking into account the peculiarities in terms of dimensions and the possibility of interfacing of the various devices on which Windows 10 can be installed.

Besides the assistant voice Cortana expected about the new version of the browser developed by Microsoft for Windows 10. We talk about Project Spartan, a name that identifies for Microsoft. What will be the replacement for Internet Explorer?

The new browser debuted initially in versions of Windows 10 Desktops, not available from the start with the build of the operating system to the next release insiders and only later also provided for smartphones.

One of the peculiarities of Project Spartan is the ability to insert notes directly on web pages, using not only pen or touch interface but also using a traditional PC interface. Another feature of this browser is the ability to manage the web pages in a read mode, Reading Mode, which formats the contents of the web pages so that they appear to like the pages of a book easier to read.

From the words of Microsoft show a clear trend: Windows wants to be the company more and more services available to users, service that runs from the different devices available. Central to this role of Cortana, the voice recognition system from Microsoft that has long been used in the demo shown at the event.

You will need some ways to accustom users to actively use a voice assistant of this type, but the impression that has emerged is that Cortana possesses at the time a very high flexibility of use and that you can adapt to different patterns of use devices, not only with mobile devices but also with the traditional PC.