It's windows 10

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Microsoft on Tuesday gave its first detailed look at the
next major update to Windows, which it has decided
to call Windows 10.
The software, expected to be released in final form
next year, is designed to run across the broadest array
of devices, with screens ranging from four inches to 80
inches, with some devices having no screens at all.
“Windows 10 will be our most comprehensive
platform ever,” Windows chief Terry Myerson said at a
briefing with reporters in San Francisco. “It wouldn’t
be right to call it Windows 9.”
Visually, Windows 10 resembles Windows 7 as much
as Windows 8. Many of Windows 8’s user interface
features are still present, but they are tucked into a
more traditional Windows interface. Both classic and
new-style apps run side-by-side with a less jarring
distinction between the two types of programs.
In demonstrating the new software, Windows VP Joe
Belfiore demonstrated how the new Windows will
work with a wide-range of interfaces, ranging from the
very old-school command prompt, to the Windows 7-
style task bar to modern touch screens.
Windows 10 represents a critical launch for Microsoft,
which has seen exceptionally slow business take-up
for Windows 8 during its two years on the market.
An added challenge for Microsoft is that it now has
millions of users on touch-screen Windows 8 devices
and hundreds of millions of people using older
versions of the software with a mouse and keyboard.
Microsoft has a lot of different constituencies to
please, not to mention trying to appeal to a generation
of new computer buyers that have grown up with
iPhones, iPads and Android devices.
While highlighting work that the company has done to
appeal toward existing mouse-and-keyboard users,
Belfiore said “We definitely see people moving towards
touch.”
The company is also working on an approach called
“continuum” that would allow convertible laptops to
switch between a standard view and a tablet-centric
view more similar to Windows 8. Belfiore showed a
video of how this could work, but said the feature is
not yet far enough along to demonstrate publicly.
While Microsoft is previewing the code now it will be
some time before the company reveals other details,
such as exact timing and pricing. The company made
its business pitch on Tuesday, with additional events
expected in the coming months to tout features for
other audiences, including consumers.