Windows 10 Tech Preview: upgrading to build 9860

These 2 updates get the Build 9860

Only a few weeks after the release of "the Most Audacious Release in the History of the Platform", according to Paul Thurrott, in his Supersite for Windows, along came the first updates. These updates may show up in the usual Windows Update section of the Control Panel as a surprise. I did not see them when they were announced early this week but I knew it was a matter of waiting. I'd tried PC settings / Update and Recovery to no avail.  Noteworthy it's the new Notifications Center (as in the Windows Phone 8.1) which now apparently come together with the old Action Center. Other features include custom visual effects while navigating the desktop and using applications, and the rest seem to be bug fixes, under the hood. More details here at ExtremeTech.com.

Windows 7 + Windows 8 = Windows 10

Windows 10 Technical Preview running under Windows 8.1

Being an early adopter, as I am, I have now a full installation of Windows 10 Technical Preview running under Hyper-V in a virtual machine (probably the safest way to give it a try) within Windows 8.1 (which I started using back in 2012).  For a preview version, a work in progress, it is pretty stable, so far, and it runs smoothly with all the familiar features you are accustomed to using both in Windows 7 and Windows 8. Windows 10 has the best of both worlds plus all the goodies of a new release: more frequent updates, more power to developers and regular users and keeping abreast of developments in IT (Cloud, desktop and mobile computing). The most notable feature is the comeback of the "Star Menu" which now neatly incorporates the signature Windows 8 "Tiles" and therefore a more desktop-centric operating system, though you can also use all the touch screen functionality in Windows 8. I feel that now all Windows 7 and Windows 8 users will be on the same page with Windows 10. While I continue playing with this, in my view, great operating system, I will gather more information about features, tips and tricks to share with all of you in my next posts. You can also register as an "insider" to get this software.