Arizin Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Microsoft promised to launch Windows 10 in the summer, and now the company is revealing an exact date: July 29th. The official date comes weeks after AMD CEO Lisa Su revealed that Microsoft would launch Windows 10 in late July. Microsoft’s aggressive timing means that the company will be looking to finalize its features for Windows 10 very soon. Recent preview builds of the operating system continue to include many changes to features, and a number of issues and bugs. Microsoft now has less than two months to fix all these issues and bugs before it launches Windows 10 to the world. That’s slightly concerning given the state of the operating system right now, but recent preview builds have started to look and feel more final, indicating that Microsoft is making progress. A lot of Windows 10’s new features are part of universal Windows Apps, and the software company can easily update these even before many consumers buy new machines with Windows 10. Microsoft also has the option of releasing direct operating system patches up to and after general availability. Windows 8 launched with a big update available on the first day, and many separate app updates. Windows 10 looks set to continue that trend.To get the word out about Windows 10, which is available as a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8.1 users, Microsoft is also dropping a notification into users' task bars. Clicking on the pop-up brings up a slideshow explaining the benefits of Windows 10 (such as the return of the Start menu, a new browser, and the inclusion of Cortana) before giving users the option of entering their email address to reserve their copy. However, while the free upgrade is certainly generous, some users have complained that the notification is "intrusive," while others say its unexpected appearance made them think they'd been infected with malware. ("I just about went defcon 1 over this," commented one Reddit user.) Still, Apple delivers notifications about its own free upgrades to OS X in the same way, and pop-ups seem a fair trade for not paying to upgrade your operating system.Windows 10 Feature Highlightshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3ngnzY5xtI8Sourcehttp://www.theverge.com/2015/6/1/8511287/microsoft-windows-10-release-date-july Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyyahblah Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 This is the official blog/post from Microsoft, incase anyone wants the official Microsoft source.http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/06/01/hello-world-windows-10-available-on-july-29/(My control panel better be there on July 29th, otherwise I'm going to be really pist) :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxdig Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 today send to me free upgrade to full windows 10 ver. ...... lenovo ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyko666 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Here you can Reserve Windows 10: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/featuresJust fill in your email address.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airstream_Bill Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I got my little Notification for the Upgrade of Windows 10 this morning also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banned Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 (My control panel better be there on July 29th, otherwise I'm going to be really pist) :rolleyes:One thing I learned about Microsoft a long time ago. When they kill a feature or change something to their liking, it may disappoint a lot of people and they couldn't care less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 One thing I learned about Microsoft a long time ago. When they kill a feature or change something to their liking, it is always possible to overcome, surmount, fix or workaround whatever they killed; to restore and even enhance the same - this goes for Users who are Advanced enough (provided they have the time.) :wub:It may disappoint a lot of n00bs (and, even some of those Advanced Users who do not have the time) - as rightly mentioned above Microsoft couldn't care less . . . . . . . . . . . . maybe because they command such an overwhelming market share with their Windows (which Competitors just can't seem to capture throughout the decades.) :dunno:The window (pun unintended) of opportunity is always present whilst adopting any of the Microsoft OS - whether folks then find themselves happy or shafted depends wholly on their own expertise. :sneaky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyyahblah Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 @dcs18: Hey if worse comes to worse, hopefully we will find a reg hack or another trick to at least make a GOD MODE CP desktop shortcut if they decided to remove Control Panel and hopefully GOD MODE will work/run like in the previous versions, then that I could live with. But I hope they keep the classic :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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