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## Video: Microsoft Skips Ahead To Windows 10 … By Returning To Old Habits

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_Published 2014-10-01. Microsoft revealed its latest operating system to a room full of journalists and tech experts ready for Windows 9 Tuesday. But Microsoft pitched a curve ball to its audience and introduced Windows 10 instead._


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## Transcript

Microsoft revealed it's latest operating system to a room full of journalists and tech experts ready for Windows 9 Tuesday. But Microsoft pitched a curve ball to it's audience and introduced Windows 10 instead. So why skip 9 altogether? Microsoft Executive Terry Myerson explained at the event, they wanted to start Windows from square one, but. CEO Bill Gates had already done that. So. Because we're not building an incremental product, that new Windows is Windows 10. Serious that time. [ LAUGH ] Yep. That wasn't a joke. So let's check it out. The new Windows 10 creates a new interface by taking cues from past versions.

Myerson explained the OS has the familiarity of Windows 7 with some of the elements from Windows 8. That combination forms a hybrid desktop, which reintroduces users to the start button from seven and earlier while housing eights live tile functionality and side. Other new features include multiple desktops, at a promise of continuity between the cloud and all your Windows devices. Microsoft launched Windows 8 in 2012. CNET notes the company was met with criticism when it applied metro style, and disrupted the familiarity of it's PCs. So, instead of reinventing the wheel, Microsoft plans to bring back popular ideas like the start button, to entice it's business and personal users alike, to upgrade.

If you'd rather wait to have the presumably bug- free version of Windows Ten, be patient. The company plans to roll out the OS and introduce the consumer version in early 2015. For Newsy, I am Zack Toombs

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