Test Center Review Of Windows 10

With Windows 10, Microsoft is trying to right the wrongs of Windows 8. And it has. Windows 10 bridges the gap between the traditional PC running Windows 7 and the world of touch-based tablets, something that Windows 8 was never able to accomplish.

Microsoft has unified the computing experience. It has transcended just one desktop platform -- be it tablet, PC or smartphone -- and becomes a universal operating system. Windows 10 reflects a more open Microsoft, less obsessed about guarding its software fiefdom and more interested in thriving in a new cloud era of mobile computing.

Windows 10's marquee features are the return of the Start menu, a massively improved user interface and Microsoft's personal assistant, Cortana -- and the fact that it's free. CRN Test Center has been using the pre-release version of Windows 10 for months and the final release since it was announced.

Here is a hands-on look at Windows 10 from the perspective of solution providers.