Windows 10 Technical Preview Released

                      

   First hinted at in April 2014 at the Build Conference, Windows 10 aims to address shortcomings in the user interface first introduced by Windows 8 by adding additional mechanics designed to improve the user experience for non-touchscreen devices (such as desktop computers and laptops), including a revival of the Start menu seen in Windows 7, a virtual desktop system, and the ability to run Windows Store apps within windows on the desktop rather than a full-screen mode.

What devices will it run on?

All of them. Microsoft Windows 10 will be for desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones and embedded products, too.



Is there a start menu?

There is, and it tries to combine the familiarity of Windows 7 with the modern interface of Windows 8. That means the menu is split: On the left, apps are displayed in the familiar Windows 7 style, while on the right are more colorful “live tiles” that open the modern, Windows 8-style apps. The start menu is customizable, so you can resize the tiles and move them around, and make the start menu tall and thin or long and flat.


Will I still toggle between two distinct app environments?

Apparently not. In Windows 8, when you launch a modern-style app, it takes you into that modern UI, and when you launch a Win32-style app, it launches to the traditional desktop environment.

So how does it look now?

If you launched one of the new-style apps in Windows 8, it filled the whole screen and there weren’t many options to resize it. With Windows 10, the familiar “windows” metaphor is back; you’ll be able to resize the new-style apps and drag them around the screen like an old Win32 app. Conversely, if you’re using an older Win32-style app, it will be able to “snap into place” and fill all the available screen space just like the modern apps.

What else is new?

Some users have been confused by the Windows 8 interface and can’t figure out what’s open on their screen or how to get back to an app. Windows 10 has a feature like OS X’s Mission Control that lets you zoom out and see everything that’s open on a PC, then select any app to enter it.

You can also have multiple desktop configurations open and switch between them. So if you have two apps on the screen for a particular task, sized just how you want them, and then you change to some other apps, you’ll be able to get back to those first apps easily without having to resize them again. You can navigate through several of these desktop displays at the bottom of the screen.


Download Windows Technical Preview

Follow these steps to download Technical Preview of Windows 10:

Sign up for the Windows Insider Program, if you haven't already.
Read the system requirements.
Click one of the Download links on this page to download a special file—it's called an ISO file—that you can use to install the preview.
When the download is complete, transfer the ISO file to installation media such as a USB flash drive or DVD.

Double-tap or double-click setup.exe from the installation media, and then follow the steps for normal installation.


Download links

Product key: NKJFK-GPHP7-G8C3J-P6JXR-HQRJR

English (United States) 64-bit (x64)
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English (United States) 32-bit (x86)
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English (United Kingdom) 64-bit (x64)
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English (United Kingdom) 32-bit (x86)
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Chinese (Simplified) 64-bit (x64)
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Chinese (Simplified) 32-bit (x86)
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Source: Microsoft