Happily, entering the Windows key + X still pops up the handy power-users’ menu. The All apps list lacks any organizational options. But there are some worthwhile tweaks.įigure 2. The final version, shown in Figure 1, is nearly identical to the one in build 10122, with text links on the left and live tiles on the right. Through the various Win Preview builds, the start menu has had various incarnations. Unfortunately, at this time, File Explorer isn’t smart enough to show you anything that’s cloud-only - you have to go into the browser to see everything.Īs you’ll see below, there are many other Win10 features - many new to the OS - that are not completely baked. Those files stored on your machine work just as you’d expect. Win10 setup steps you through the task of specifying which files get stored locally and which are kept in the cloud. Microsoft’s reworking it to bring back “smart files,” the ability to show thumbnails of files in Explorer on your machine while keeping the entire file in the cloud. In a similar vein, Microsoft cut the Universal OneDrive app. Even at that, desktop Skype is underwhelming, and there are many rumors at this point that Microsoft will finally come up with something simpler for texting, calling, and video-haranguing.
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So Microsoft cut it loose, offering instead a link on the initial start menu to install the old desktop version of Skype. They have, however, been tweaked a bit in the official Win10 release - and some will get further adjustments.įor example, we now know that the Universal (formerly “Metro”) Skype app doesn’t work worth beans. When I talked about Win10 build 10122 in the May 28 Top Story, almost all “final” features were intact. Build 10240 is the official July 29 release, but it’s hardly final it’ll undoubtedly evolve over time. More than with any previous version of Windows, it’s difficult to talk about a “final” version of the OS. Is downloading and installing the new OS a no-brainer? If you use Win8, the answer is almost assuredly yes but if you’re a Win7 fan, some serious considerations await. TOP STORY Windows 10: Good, but is it good enough?Īs even cave-dwelling monks probably know by now, Windows 10 is out for all the world to see - and it appears to be a qualified success.