Posted on 10/14/2014 10:34:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Microsoft released its first Windows 10 Technical Preview at the beginning of October, and the company is now revealing that 1 million people are helping test the upcoming operating system through the Windows Insider Program. "That equates to a lot of people using the Windows 10 Technical Preview and sending us feedback," says Microsoft's Joe Belfiore. The software maker has received more than 200,000 pieces of feedback on the early version of Windows 10, with top requests that include options to remove the new search and task view buttons, as well as requests for a Start Menu animation or transition
According to Belfiore, 64 percent of all Windows 10 Technical preview installs are on actual PCs rather than virtual machines. "This makes us confident that a lot of the feedback is based on 'medium-term' use and not just a few minutes of experimentation," explains Belfiore. 68 percent of all Windows 10 users are launching more than 7 apps per day, and 25 percent of all users are launching more than 26 apps per day so it's clear people are using this Technical Preview on their regular devices.
It's not yet clear when Microsoft plans to release a new Windows 10 Technical Preview build, but one is "coming soon" according to Belfiore, and the company is clearly working towards acting on some of the early feedback. "Even though we’re just two weeks into this huge collaborative project, we’re learning a lot and we’re working hard to keep up with your enthusiasm and passion," says Belfiore. Those 200,000 pieces of feedback will undoubtedly shape Windows 10 in interesting ways, and Microsoft is planning to release regular updates as the company moves towards a final version next year.
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When did Military Airlift Command start making computers?
7 is awesome, everybody hates 8 but it really isn’t that bad, the decided to skip 9. And no it’s nothing like GM sabotaging anything, they aren’t going to do anything to your systems running previous versions. Heck you can even still use XP if you want (or 98, or 95 if you’ve got some really ancient hardware), just don’t expect any patches.
I was just being snarky because I’m not a W8 fan. ;)
There's a cool website devoted to this http://windows10hub.com/ but don't yell at me if you screw up your computer.
Windows 10 is like Windows 7 with the Windows 8 tiles. That was a good move. I wouldn't upgrade but when you have to buy a new computer nice to know it still acts like Windows 7.
I ran windows 10 through virtualbox..and I gotta say I am impressed!..
well then windows 10 could reallybe in troubleif it catches windows 1.0 bugs. we’ll be back to DOS and the 640k limit. and being asked to insert our 5 1/4 floppy #7...
5 1/4” floppy? I was thinking cassette tape drive.
Is there a better site for questions and comments of users using this beta(alpha version really) of Win10 than the Microsoft one which shows up as an icon on the desktop when Win starts? First thing is I need to turn off the charms bar crap which is what Classic Shell and Synaptics pointing device did for me so I never had that pop up when swiping from right to left. Synaptics doesn't have the option to turn off edge swipes on version 8.1 of it's software.
I read sometime over the summer that Windows 9, now labeled Windows 10 was going to be offered free to users of Windows 8/8.1. Is that still true?
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