Today belongs to Microsoft with the unveiling of Windows 10. The revised operating system supports big- and small-screened devices alike, including those that are a part of the Internet of Things. People relied on Twitter for breaking news as Microsoft did not livestream the event. The official hashtag was WTH; a sentiment many echoed.
Microsoft wants Windows 10 to work on a plethora of devices. This includes upcoming products part of the Internet of Things phenomenon, along with smartphones, tablets, notebooks and PCs. Windows 10 unifies products under one blanket OS.
@shanselman Whats that?? Innovation of the DESKTOP environment instead of slapping a mobile environment on it?? Craaaaazy :P
— Shaun Walker (@theshaunwalker) September 30, 2014
Windows 10 looks great. Liking where they are going with it.
— Moggy (@alastairmogford) September 30, 2014
I wonder if #WTH will finally change the default icons. They totally don't fit the new visual direction.
— Vilém Procházka (@VilemProchazka) September 30, 2014
Not everyone believe's Microsoft’s operating system will lend itself to devices with big and small screens equally. Even the return of the Start menu was called into question as it now combines elements of Windows UI and Windows desktop.
Read more: Windows 10: a new platform that runs on every device
Dear Microsoft, the majority of people don't want a tablet looking OS on their PC, stop trying. #Windows10
— felixcat14 (@felixcat14) September 30, 2014
Suggested alternative name for Windows 10: Windows Start Menu Returns!
— Chris Keall (@ChrisKeall) September 30, 2014
Windows 10: start menu! Apps have title bars! You can minimize and maximize them! … just awesome xD
— Nemezios (@nemezios) September 30, 2014
A big hit was command prompt, the command line interpreter on Windows devices, which will recognise popular shortcuts and benefit from improved text formatting in Windows 10.
being able to just type ctrl-v at the command prompt instead of right click —> paste is reason enough for me to upgrade to windows 10
— (){:;} cat /etc/kirb (@thekirbylover) September 30, 2014
Dat command prompt, though #WTH
— Jason Cipriani (@MrCippy) September 30, 2014
Read more: How to install Windows 10 on a PC using a USB stick
@mbbrennan @shanselman Have yall looked at the CommandLine, there are some cool features added to CMD.
— Arsham (@_Arsham_) September 30, 2014
Some considered Microsoft’s efforts to unify its software an admission that Windows 8 wasn’t up to par.
They're not saying it in plain talk, but Microsoft seems to have realized that Windows 8 was a disaster. #WTH
— Bjørn Furuknap (@furuknap) September 30, 2014
No jokes about how Microsoft should have skipped Windows 8 instead? My Twitter stream has failed me! #WTH
— Jeff Kibuule (@jeffkibuule) September 30, 2014
So the next version of Windows will be Windows 10. Because even MS want to put some extra distance between it and Windows 8.
— Chris West (@ChrisDW01) September 30, 2014
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Although Windows 10 bridges the divide between Microsoft’s UI and its desktop operating system, and that it introduces some nifty innovations to do so, it was the audacious naming convention that struck a chord. People on Twitter made the most noise on Microsoft skipping the 'Windows 9' moniker.
THE FACT THAT THEY SKIPPED OVER 9 AND CALLED IT WINDOWS 10 GIVES AN OCD PERSON LIKE ME HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
— WaTeRMeLoN (@x2sayZ) September 30, 2014
"Windows 9 is pretty uncreative guys"
*Man pitches idea*: "How about Windows 10...it's better than 9"
"...GIVE THIS MAN A PROMOTION!"
— Vito (@TheRedpunk) September 30, 2014
Current theory is Windows 8 killed Windows 9 - cause 7 8 9 #WindowsNext #wth
— Robert MacLean (@rmaclean) September 30, 2014
Is it weird to skip a version number in a product like Windows? Yes it is. But in the end who cares. Features is what counts. #WTH
— Jan Hannemann (@bitdisaster) September 30, 2014
Read about the new features introduced in Windows 10 here
