Win10 technology preview system installation can be activated Win10 technology preview version detailed use evaluation

Microsoft announced the latest version of Windows 10 operating system in late last month, global users witnessed another upgrade in the Windows development process. However, what is different from the past is that the products brought this time are indeed dry goods. Among them, the new version of Windows 10 is a powerful drug. This version of Windows 10 conveys Microsoft's rethinking of its own development ideas, and in many plans, multi-platform strategy, Windows 10 free upgrade policy and the return of classic features, these are the top priority, but also become the concern of users. The subject.

The default desktop for the first time Windows 10 starts up
Win10 Desktop

We warm up before the evaluation starts, and list some changes in the interface between the old and new Windows 10. The changes in our view are all quite significant. However, I think the default interface is really amazing after the new Windows 10 installation is first launched.
Old Win10 taskbar
New Win10 taskbar

Did you notice? “Folders” The color and shape of the next six icons have changed, as shown below.
Win10 My Folders

First of all, the overall color of the Windows interface, the desktop background, the most unexpected is the design of this computer & rdquo; icon. Can the author think that the aesthetics of Microsoft designers have gone backwards?

Okay, here is just a small problem, a little spit. The first impression is actually good. After all, I can see that Windows 10 is still changing from the beginning. Microsoft is still working hard. Then these comparisons and the most preliminary feelings, right when we open the primer of this first test. In the following content, we will come together to fully experience this new product.

Free Only need to install Win10 auto-activation

At the latest version of Windows10, Microsoft announced a free policy to upgrade Win10. This is really good news for the majority of consumers, but also reflects the change in thinking of Microsoft. Because of the current trend, the simple business philosophy of selling money through products has become less and less able to keep up with the pace of industry development, and what Microsoft needs to do is actually more products + services.
Microsoft China official website Windows 8.1 electronic version price 888 yuan

Windows 7, Microsoft's Windows products gradually faded the "physical system disk" concept, replaced by the official Electronic version of the product. In other words, Microsoft directly provides the download method corresponding to the Windows version on the official website. After the user downloads the electronic version, it is installed. The activation only needs to purchase the activation code provided by the corresponding product.
Microsoft Campus Pioneer's Windows price for students is relatively favorable

Microsoft Campus Pioneer Program is Microsoft's preferential purchase plan for college teachers and students in mainland China, providing the lowest in the world for college students. Opportunity to buy Windows, Office products and other genuine software online at discounted prices. Comparing the price of the official website, the Windows products on the campus pioneers have indeed offered a lot of discounts. But then again, no matter how many offers, in a word, Windows 8 is not a free product after all.
Microsoft announced that it is free to upgrade from Win7, Win8.1 and WP8.1 to Win10.

Starting with Windows 10, we can really say that Windows is implementing a free strategy. Microsoft has been treating the system for free and has always maintained a conservative attitude. Windows 7, Windows Phone 7, and previous versions all require a fee, Windows 8 starts to upgrade for free, and Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone start small-sized devices for free.
Windows 10 installed system can automatically activate

and then to Windows 10, this attempt goes even further, Microsoft announced that within one year of release, for Windows 7 and above PC authorized users and below 8 inches Users of small size devices are all free, and Terry Myerson calls this distribution strategy " Windows as a service". Given the market share of Windows 7+ up to 90%+, the above initiatives mean nothing. I believe that users of Mac can easily think of the moment when Apple announced that the OS X system is free.

Microsoft's radical attempt: Spartan browser

Since the browser project codenamed Sparta was leaked, many rumors that IE will end life, brand new The Bada browser will replace IE and become the default browser for Win10. But in fact, Microsoft did not do this now, but chose to let Windows 10 bring two browsers, IE browser and Spartan browser coexist.

Microsoft hopes to use the Spartan browser as a vehicle to promote some of the new browser technologies that Microsoft is leading, such as HTTP Forced Secure Transport (HSTS), HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), and Dynamic Adaptive (DASH), Video Tracks, and DOM L3 XPath.

Microsoft's radical attempt: Spartan browser

In any case, Spartan browser will be a browser worthy of your experience. In the Spartan browser, Microsoft made a more radical browser attempt, whether it is a web annotation or integration with Cortana Microsoft. In the past, the update of IE browser made consumers feel tepid. Microsoft made a lot of attempts at the back end of the browser, but the performance of the front end has not been satisfactory.

This time Microsoft has made a lot of adjustments to the UI on the Spartan browser. The overall style is matched with Windows10. Compared with the previous IE, Microsoft has also made the icon heavy. Structure is no longer a imaginary icon of IE. On the back end, the Spartan browser uses "dual-engine rendering" to achieve better forward compatibility. Based on the web pages developed by IE technology, the Spartan browser will enable the IE engine to render, while the regular web page will be rendered using the new engine.

More importantly, the Spartan browser is Microsoft's first true cross-platform browser. In the past, although Microsoft has been emphasizing synchronization between IEs, it actually desktop IE. There are still quite a few gaps with the mobile experience. And now the Spartan browser is a true cross-platform unified browser, so Microsoft is more focused on the Spartan browser reading mode, Cortana Microsoft Xiaona support, and excellent touch operation which performed.

In short, for consumers, the Spartan browser with radical changes is a browser worthy of experience, and IE has not been abolished. Microsoft has left consumers with a choice.

Spartan browser is showing off. As the successor to IE in the future, this new Win10 browser has always been a concern. Many users of different platforms and different systems want to appreciate the style of this new browser, but there is a news that may make them temporarily disappointed.

Spartan browser is currently only focused on the good performance on Win10, and there is no intention to appear on other platforms and systems. This news will definitely disappoint users who care about Sparta such as Win7/Win8/Win8.1 and Mac OS X and Linux, but Microsoft's intention is to let more users upgrade to Win10, so this part is a sense of Sparta. Interested users are also potential users of Win10 in the future.

Cortana Voice Service is fully integrated into Win10

Cortana is the world's first personal assistant to be released by Microsoft. It can understand the user's preferences and habits, help users to schedule, answer questions and so on. Cortana is arguably Microsoft's attempt in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Microsoft has built Cortana in the latest Windows 10 January technology preview, which is the first public Windows 10 version of the built-in Cortana. In Build 9926, Cortana only supports US English, and the interface and feature completion is not high, but supports basic notebooks (recording your interests), voice and text interactions and searches.
Build 9926 Cortana only supports US English (the picture is not set before Cortana can not be used)

Open Cortana

1 Since Cortana only supports US English, you need to set the system area to United States, US English is set to "Main Language";

Setting Areas and Languages

2Open Settings & Rarr; Time and Language & Rarr; Regions and Languages ​​& Rarr; Country or Select America in the region, add English (United States) to the language;

3 Confirm Settings → System & Rarr; Voice & Rarr; Speaking is English (United States);
Custom Cortana and Search Settings

4 Go to Settings → System & Rarr; Cortana and Search & Rarr; Custom Cortana and Search Settings & Rarr; Switch the option to On (Cortana) in the newly opened settings panel.

Cortana Search Partial Results

After confirming the settings above, you can start Cortana by clicking the Cortana circle icon next to the right of the Start button on the taskbar (default is the input box). . After clicking, the first run requires a series of initialization processes, including entering your own name, even if you have already opened Cortana on WP8.1.

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