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windows 10 will not arrive immediately for everyone.
potentially aimed at "a billion devices", the software will be released gradually per pc and tablet. the first to receive it will be those who are already testing it, the "insiders", pairs to 5 million users. then it will be the turn of those who have "booked" a copy of windows 10 with an online procedure active from June 1st. and then all the others.
According to a recent study of kadence international on behalf of microsoft italia, just over a quarter of PC and laptop owners with windows 7, 8 and 8.1 is ready to upgrade immediately. free or not? this is the question that has secured many users in recent months.
microsoft has specified in recent months that the upgrade to windows 10 will be free for those who have "conform" copies of windows 7 and 8.1, not for those who have pirated copies, installed illegally, of previous versions of the software: the "pirates" will have to pay, even if tenders will be provided to encourage them to move to legality.
"For now there are reservations, I can't give the numbers but they are doing well, more strongly than we thought." said pure carlo, managing director of microsoft italia, talking about the free upgrade campaign to windows 10.
"in Italy we will be faster than in the rest of the world", he added, in the margin of an initiative of digital confindustria to firenze.
windows 10 will be in 7 versions (home, mobile, pro, enterprise, education, mobile enterprise and iot core), with custom cut functions of users and devices.
the most anticipated is certainly windows home, available for personal computers and tablets, focused on everyday uses of users. there will be much of the new features: Cortana voice assistant, browser edge - which replaces the "historical" internet explorer, continuum mode for tablets, windows hello that will recognize face, iris and fingerprints of users.
windows 10 per pc will also have an app, called 'phone companion', which will connect the computer even to iphone and Android smartphone of google, bringing on these the ecosystem windows (including the horny voice assistant).