Windows 10 launches this summer in 190 countries around the world

  • It may be a south-of-the-equator mentality, but it's not going to be summer in all of the 190 countries when Windows 10 is launched. differing calendars aside could USA-centric press releases just mention the month rather than the season?

  • That's really soon, which fills me with dread. The UI as seen in the most recent pre-release builds is atrocious and it seems to be getting worse, not better, with each build.

    Just look at these icons: http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-10036-83-updated-icons...

    Perhaps they're pulling another 'Watercolor' (the pre-release decoy Windows XP theme that was replaced by Luna at the last minute), but I'm not getting my hopes up.

  • It's going to be free for some Win7/Win8 users[1], I still use Win7 so I'm looking forward to the upgrade.

    1: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2873214/windows-10-will-be-a-...

  • I think this is as excited as I've been for a Windows release since '95. Which isn't saying a whole lot, but still, this will be the first time I've felt any desire to try upgrading to a new release as soon as it becomes available in 20 years.

  • For anyone who checks comments first, I believe this is a better link.

    http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/03/17/windows-...

    Article linked to is a very brief summary that links to the above.

  • "summer" okay... so I guess by Sept 22nd. Not very descriptive for a news story..

  • Is this for OEMs only? Usually it's a paper launch until October for consumers.

  • LOL, windows 8 users can't wait.

  • Show us the Raspberry Pi 2 goods!