Undoubtedly, Windows 8 represents the biggest change to Microsoft's operating system in the last 15 years, but it wasn't until Windows 8.1 that everything started to look smoother and more complete. However, it's still not perfect. In the future, the software giant is preparing to release another update, known internally as "Threshold." This upcoming update was actually supposed to be called "Windows 8.2," but it fell through the cracks due to slow rollout and various issues, such as complicated use for some users and the fact that it is a software optimized for touch devices rather than keyboard and mouse. Microsoft plans to fix all these and other issues with Threshold, but in doing so will break the naming convention of Windows 8.x and go straight to "Windows 10."
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How to uninstall Windows 10 and go back to Windows 8.1
As for new features, I already wrote – before I learned about the name change – that Threshold (or Windows 10) is expected to bring back the Start menu, which happens to be another feature the company is bringing back – as you may recall, Windows 8.1 was also marked by the return of the Start button -. It's unclear how Microsoft will integrate the new menu, but rumors suggest it will be an additional option that users can configure, and perhaps the new menu will look something like this incredible Start menu concept created by a self-taught UI designer.
In Windows 10, Microsoft will also focus on returning the desktop environment to what it once was: the best computing experience with a keyboard and mouse. In addition, we now know that the software giant is preparing version 2.0 of Metro, which, among other things, will make the Windows 8 app float on the desktop, just like traditional applications do today.
Today we have a rough idea of what to expect, but the real questions are yet to be answered. For example, what about pricing? Will Windows 10 be a free upgrade? To answer that question, let's go back in time: Microsoft defined Windows 8.1 as an update, not an upgrade, because using the word "upgrade" would mean a new fee. Now, with Windows 10, things are a bit more complicated, because the name change means you get a new version of the operating system, which theoretically also means we might have to pay again. But the problem is that Windows 10 is a plan to fix Windows 8.x and move it forward, so I really hope Microsoft realizes that users deserve the best experience possible, and allowing current Windows 8.1 users to upgrade to Windows 10 for free would be the right thing to do.
