10 things you should know about Windows 10

On July 29, Microsoft released the most important version of the popular operating system, Windows 10. And you can ask some questions about how to upgrade this operating system.

Things to know about Windows 10

1. What's new and interesting in Windows 10?

Windows 10 comes with a lot of new convenient features: digital assistant Cortana is a combination of the best features of Apple Siri and Google Now, the new Windows Store application promises to bring the ability to work like identical on both computers and tablets.

Many people are looking forward to Windows 10 officially released

In addition, the new Microsoft Edge web browser has many interesting features (such as doodling directly on the website) and it performs better than Google Chrome in some benchmark tests.

2. Should I bother upgrading to Windows 10, because Windows 8.1 is pretty bad?

So far, Windows 10 seems to be a pretty good operating system. Microsoft has made a free preview version for brave enough people to test the first version of the software, through a program called Windows Insider.

Obviously, Windows 10 brings the best combination of Windows 7 (stable, user-friendly) and Windows 8.1 (touch-screen friendly) to an easy-to-use operating system. both on computers and tablets.

Microsoft calls Windows 10 the "final version of Windows ", promising to have new features updated, instead of Windows 11, or 12, 13 .

3. Cost to upgrade from Windows 7 or 8 computer?

Within 1 year from July 29, any Windows 7 / 8.1 device (including computer, tablet, smartphone) is free to upgrade to Windows 10. Microsoft has a big plan for Windows 10, but first they need to attract people to a common operating system platform.

Free upgrade to any version of Windows 10?

The image below shows a list of the corresponding Windows 10 versions that have been upgraded from the original version of Windows 7 or 8.1.

List of upgraded versions to Windows 10 Home or Pro

4. Can the computer or tablet configuration be upgraded to Windows 10?

Microsoft said that the basic system requirements for running its new operating system, including 1 GHz or more CPU or SoC, 1 GB (32 bit) RAM or 2 GB (64 bit), blank hard drive 16 GB (32 bit) or 20 GB (64 bit), the video card supports DirectX 9 environment onwards with the WDDM 1.0 driver with a screen with a minimum resolution of 800 x 600 pixels.

Most personal computers will probably meet these requirements, and the Get Windows 10 application that may be available on your computer will tell you for sure.

5. How is Windows 10 provided on July 29?

On July 29, pre-installed Windows 10 computers will be marketed. At first there were not many computers available, although many computer manufacturers were storing many of their new models and selling them only on back-to-school or shopping holidays.

The Start menu is available in Windows 10 operating system

6. Don't want to buy a new computer, can you download Windows 10?

Microsoft will provide Windows 10 available for download starting on July 29. However, Microsoft will classify download cases on this day.

First, it will be provided to members of the Windows Insider program , as Microsoft's way of thanking them to test the new operating system. It will then reach a group of users at some point in the next few weeks on July 29. Microsoft does not want to risk creating a large number of users downloading Windows 10 in the first day, causing a blockage for its servers.

You may have subscribed to Windows 10 updates via a Windows 10 system tray application called Get Windows 10 . This application has the ability to check if your computer system is compatible with Windows 10.

7. If you don't want to download Windows 10?

You have two options, either to buy a boxed copy , or a backup copy of a USB flash drive . In any case, the cost for Windows 10 Home will be $ 119.99, while Windows 10 Pro will cost $ 199.99. However, you can only buy them at stores after a 29.7 day period, starting from August 30 on Amazon's product list.

The Xbox application interface is available on Windows 10 operating system

In general, if you want to make sure you have a Windows 10 computer on July 29, you'll have to buy a new computer.

8. If upgrading existing computers to Windows 10 can lose files?

The actual download and installation process is through Windows Update, so Windows 10 still has everything once the upgrade process is complete. The only obstacle is that you will lose some programs like Windows Media Center which do not have Windows 10 version.

9. Microsoft wants to make a highlight of the day Windows 10 launches?

Although not a mass media event like the launch of Windows 95 20 years ago, Microsoft Store systems will host their own special events (in the US).

Microsoft has impressed the advertising activities for Windows 95 when it launched

10. How does Microsoft support customers with problems with Windows 10?

As with any operating system version, Microsoft will appreciate customers and invest in upgrading support systems from a variety of sources, including phone, windows.com and support.microsoft. com. In addition, Microsoft stores also provide customer support, even help you install it.