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Microsoft Corp. has scheduled the release of Windows 10 for “early” next fall, an executive said Thursday. The announcement clarifies earlier reports that said Microsoft’s latest operating system would be ready by summer.
It means Microsoft will likely miss the back-to-school
season, a popular time for computer purchases, unless it is able to get
an almost-finished preview of Windows 10 to its manufacturing partners
earlier than it has suggested. The extended time frame is due to Windows
10 being a “complete reboot” of the world’s most popular operating
system, Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner told the Nikkei Asian Review.
Windows 10’s release comes three years after Windows 8,
whose touchscreen-centric user interface became unpopular with many
longtime Windows users. At the time, Microsoft was forced to advertise a
free update to Windows 7 users who bought a PC shortly before the
release of its “Metro” OS.
Microsoft has been touting a new “rapid release cycle” since last year,
as it assured consumers that it had paid attention to the poor
reception for Windows 8. Microsoft needs the extra time to complete
Windows 10 because the company is attempting to unify its efforts,
allowing the OS to work on machines that run Windows 7, as well as
Windows Phone and its Xbox One video game console, according to Paul
Thurrott, creator of Winsupersite.com and Windows IT Pro senior
technical analyst.
Windows 9 was originally an attempt by Microsoft to
distance itself from a “disastrous” earlier version, but was
“essentially” Windows 8.2, Thurrott said. The delay comes as the company
attempts to do more, and make Windows 10 into a single, unifying
platform capable of working on the small devices that make up the
“Internet of Things,” along with phones, tablets, PCs and the Xbox One.
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