Microsoft News: 'Windows 10' to be announced next week

The San Francisco press conference will introduce the next iteration of Microsoft's venerable Windows operating system. Most pundits and analysts expect the OS to be dubbed "Windows 10," with the company sticking with the numerical moniker of the 2012 predecessor. It has also been known by the code name

"Threshold."

Presumably set for release in the first half of 2015, Windows 10, may be either the last major release of the operating system or the first in a string of smaller, less-ambitious updates as Microsoft accelerates its already too-fast-for-enterprise release schedule. Microsoft's official line about the September 30 event is that relates to “what’s next for Windows [including] information geared toward technical and enterprise customers.”

                                                                  High volume of leaked screenshots and videos over the last several weeks, it's highly unlikely that Windows 10 isn't the topic of conversation. As for the name of the operating system, there's been some Speculations that Microsoft might ditch the number scheme and go with plain old “Windows,” but Crozier's comments suggest otherwise.

                                                                                                                         A revamped Start menu -- one that hews more closely to the one in Windows 7 -- a de-emphasis of the touch-first "Modern," née "Metro," mode and UI (user interface), and the ability to run Modern apps in Windows on the classic desktop have been bandied as Windows 10's most obvious changes.

                                                                                                                  The mention of "enterprise" in Microsoft's invitation bolsters the speculation that Windows 10 will be primarily aimed at business and corporate customers, who have spurned Windows 8 because of its split-UI personality. That, in turn, argues for a surfacing of new features and other changes that make the OS easier to operate and navigate with mouse and keyboard, still the primary input methods for business PCs.

                                                                                                                                    It's important for Microsoft to make Windows 10 attractive to those customers, Gartner analysts have said, if Microsoft is to convince them to move beyond Windows 7 ( a renowned OS) which has a lock on the Market.

Sources : USATODAY