How to download and install the Windows 10 Technical Preview

Microsoft, right on schedule, has made the Windows 10 Technical Preview available to download. There are 64-bit and 32-bit versions available for US English, Real English, Chinese, and Brazilian Portuguese. Follow these instructions to download and install the Windows 10 Technical Preview.

Windows 10 for touchscreen tablet/hybrid users

So far, we know relatively little about the Windows 10 experience for tablet, touchscreen, and hybrid users. It is likely that the Desktop will be removed (or at least made very hard to access) so that touchscreen users only have to interact with the Metro interface. It would make sense if Microsoft made it so tablet/touchscreen users never had to venture out to the Desktop to access the Registry Editor or Control Panel (both of which are hard to use without a mouse and keyboard).

Here are some other possible tweaks to the Metro side of things:

Windows 10 an awesome OS is gonna release

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Microsoft has unveiled Windows 10 — not Windows 9, but Windows 10. The launch event in San Francisco was mostly what we expected: Microsoft wants to make Windows 10 a killer OS for all of those disaffected mouse-and-keyboard users — both normal Desktop users like you and I, and also the big enterprise customers who were rather displeased with Windows 8′s Metro interface.