Will Windows 10 be awesome?

[The_Imp_ZA]

Windows 10 will be available as an automatic update from Windows Update

In a media event Microsoft unveiled that their latest build of Windows 10 will make updating from older operating systems much easier than it has ever been before.

Windows 7 and 8 users will be able to update to Windows 10 directly through Windows Update, negating the need for us to burn a DVD or making a USB boot drive to then fiddle about with the Bios. It is great to see Microsoft make the upgrade process so easy now, especially given how it will be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8 users for the first year

They're really pushing it, aren't they? I still hope they give us the option of a clean install if we choose to use their free upgrade. It will be annoying if I have to install Win7 or 8 before 'upgrading' to 10.

[Deceptor]

Strangely I'm looking forward to Windows 10. Hope it doesn't disappoint.

[Mister 44]

i just hope they finally kill of the god-awful METRO nonsense. thats the reason why i didn't want to touch Win 8

Embrace the future.
Move with the times or get left behind.
Survival of the fittest GUI.

Or you can do what I did and not use it.

[PsychoFish]

Hiro, metro is here to stay. You can always use classic desktop if you so desire.

[Nimatek]

At least in 10 metro is incorporated into the desktop. Not forced as replacement. (not that it isn't easy to bypass metro anyway )

I do have my reservations about the Windows update thing though, the store update from 8 to 8.1 was a disaster !
Spent MONTHS trying to get it to load on my laptop, however my pc updated in one night. Just sucks for us IT professionals who have to update multiple machines :/

3.4gb download per pc is silly.

[murfle]

Just sucks for us IT professionals who have to update multiple machines :/

I already have a WSUS server set up, so it might actually make our jobs easier. I won't upgrade until SP1, or the free year is about to run out. Haven't looked into how it will work with our licensing yet though.