Microsoft says ‘nein’ to Windows 9, skips right to 10

By | September 30, 2014

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Microsoft wants to distance itself from the disaster of Windows 8 so badly that it skipped over the next number in its versions of the software and is going right to Windows 10. Maybe Microsoft envisioned jokes about Windows “Nein,” as in German for no. Microsoft (MSFT) previewed Windows 10 at a media event Tuesday in San Francisco. The new PC operating system, due out next year, is expected to right some of the wrongs of Windows 8, which scrapped the familiar Start screen in favor of big boxy icons designed for touchscreens, although few people have touchscreen PCs. Adoption of Windows 8 has been slow even as there’s been an uptick in PC sales. Many customers, especially businesses and other enterprises, have chosen to install the older Windows 7 operating system on their machines instead of Windows 8. Windows 8 PCs accounted for 13.4% of personal computers online in… Scalper1 News

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