The Windows 10 download is ready now: Build 9841 is melting the internets.

Wait… So what happened to 9?

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James Niccolai goes to 10 — look, right across the board:

Microsoft’s major update to its operating system…has been built to blend old and new in a way that will be familiar to Windows 7 users while also retaining much of its more modern tile interface. … It ships next year.

Microsoft jumped to Windows 10 to reflect what it sees as a big break from the past. “Because we’re not building an incremental product,” [said] Terry Myerson. … Enterprise users…have been most critical of the jarring UI changes that came with Windows 8. … Microsoft is promising a universal development platform [so] app developers…can write applications that will run across all Windows devices. … There will also be a single Windows apps store for all [which] businesses will be able to customize for their employees. … Windows 10 will have a “novel way” to separate corporate and personal data.

Microsoft will start to distribute a “technical preview build”…this week.  MORE

Exactly, Mary Jo Foley. Where can you go from there?

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