Windows 10 review

Windows 10 is an entirely new version of the veteran Windows operating system – a version that is make-or-break for Microsoft.

It was released on July 29 in seven versions, which I'll tell you a lot more about below, as well as give you tech radar's complete verdict on all aspects of the new operating system (OS).

Even though Windows 8.1 did improve things, there's no escaping that, with Windows 8, Microsoft was hugely complacent, buoyed by the success of Windows 7. It drastically misunderstood its users with a fundamentally changed user interface which didn't make any logical sense and was hard to learn. It failed us. It failed itself.

Thankfully, 2015 Microsoft is pretty different from 2012 Microsoft. The key management of the corporation has changed. It has woken up to the fact that people can choose other operating systems. It's keen on making stuff for OS X, Linux, iOS and Android. As you'll hear, it's allowing apps from other platforms to be easily ported to Windows, too.

By Terry Myerson / Executive Vice President, Windows and Devices Group