Microsoft has unveiled the next incarnation of its Windows operating system, Windows 10.
Skipping over Windows 9, Microsoft will move directly from the current Windows 8 OS to Windows 10, which will run on a wide array of devices from smartphones and tablets, to laptops, to XBox games consoles.
While the software will run on both touch devices and traditional computers with keyboards, in contrast to the much maligned Windows 8 “Modern UI” that frustrated laptop and desktop users – Windows 10 will offer a different look depending on the device, but always with the same underlying code.
This means that while there will only need to be a single “Windows Store” for all devices running Windows 10, as the apps will be able to run with the same code on any device. And most importantly, Microsoft will be reintroducing the Start Menu, with the menu offering access to all the apps, storage, notifications, and settings that users have been demanding after it was strangely removed form Windows 8.