Windows 10 Count Down and All You Need to Know

Yes, the world most anticipated Operating System is just 5 days ahead of release date.

The Windows 10 has been in the news for the past year now for the right reason and Microsoft has put in so much in place to make sure that the last bus stop for Windows Operating System comes out supreme.

A lot of people have suggested that Windows 10 will totally revive the Windows Operating System which has not been so impressive with their previous and current 8.1 version in the midst of other competing OS.

Exactly 5 days from now, the 29^th date set aside by Microsoft for the roll out of the much awaited Windows 10 OS will be reached and the full version of Winodws 10 will start getting delivered to Windows Desktop Computers and tablets users worldwide.

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Now here are all the major things you need to know about the Windows 10 Operating System roll out as maintained by Microsoft.

The full version (built) of Windows 10 will officially start rolling out to 190 countries in 111 languages on the 29 July 2015.

Free update to the Windows 10 will be available to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users for the first one year, however, Windows 8 users will have to upgrade to Windows 8.1 before they can receive the Windows 10 upgrade.

Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users can pre-register for their free Windows 10 upgrade by clicking at the Windows logo that will have appeared on the right hand side of their task bar and indicate their interest and then wait till the day the upgrade will be made available to their system.

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As a mark of appreciation to the 4.4milion people that participated in the Windows 10 insider program earlier before now, Microsoft has made it known that the Windows 10 will be delivered first to those set of people from the start date of Windows 10 roll out before it will gradually go round to other Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users on desktop PC and tablets and have indicated interest.

For those that have reserved their copy, once a copy becomes available, Microsoft will check their device for compatibility and deliver Windows 10 to them for automatic download.

Systems requirement for the 3GB size Windows 10 upgrade on 32bit desktop and tablet PC includes at least 1GHz processor or faster, 1GB RAM, 16GB Hard disk and 1GHz processor or faster, 2GB RAM, 20GB Hard disk for 64bits systems.

Also a DirectX9 or higher versions of graphic cards with a WDDM 1.0 driver are required for both 32bits and 64bits system, together with at least 800 X 600 display.

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If your system is not compatible with the upgrade, Microsoft will provide additional details to let you know the next action to take.

Microsoft will deliver Windows 10 totally free of charge to those compatible systems for the full one year and thereafter any other interested person will have to pay $119 dollar to install Windows 10 Home edition and $199 for Windows 10 Pro edition.

Now, for those that will be upgrading from previous versions of Windows i.e. below Windows 7 and also those that will be acquiring new systems with pre-installed Windows 10 will also have to buy at the prices stated above.

Windows 10 is made to be used across all Microsoft devices and  Microsoft has declared that Windows 10 will eventually be the last version of the Windows OS and users will only continue to receive updates to the OS as long as it last.

Let us recap the new and major features that Windows 10 will be rolling out with;

The ultimate and notable start button that users of Windows 7 has clamoured for will resurface in the Windows 10 even in a more robust manner, and neither will Microsoft ditch the metro tile interface present in Windows 8 for users that will prefer it.

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The long used Microsoft Internet Explorer browser will automatically be replaced with the Microsoft Edge browser as the OS major browser which will offer the ability to save web pages for offline reading.

Cortana is the virtual voice assistant that will be incorporated to the Windows 10 to help in getting things done faster.

Also, there is the feature known as Continuum which will help display Windows 10 in classic desktop mode once it determines that user are on mouse and physical keyboard system, and switches automatically to touchscreen mode for those using tablets.

Finally, for smartphone users, they are going to wait a little bit longer for Windows 10 to come on board to their devices as the 29^th release dates covers desktop and tablet computer for now.