Windows 10
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Windows 10 was developed using feedback from millions of people, so you can feel confident that Windows 10 works the way you want it to. Additionally, Windows 10 helps you stay current for a worry-free experience with the greatest features and our latest protection against viruses, phishing and malware.
The all-new browser is great for getting things done online. Write or type directly on webpages and easily share the mark-ups; you'll also like reading online articles free of distractions. The address bar gives you personalized recommendations to get you quickly to your online destination.
Great Xbox titles, the best of Xbox Live, and your Xbox community, achievements, and game collection via the Xbox app. You can even use your Xbox controller and stream Xbox One games on your home Windows 10 PC, laptop, or tablet.
Take your movies, music, and photos with you across all your devices with OneDrive. Plus, with OneDrive, you get 15GB of free storage space.
Windows 10 is still the world's most popular operating system for desktop computers, with more than a billion active PCs running it. Despite Microsoft's focus on the shiny new Windows 11, the company continues to support Windows 10 with service updates through at least 2025. The OS offers unique capabilities like touch input, face login, deep security, and mixed-reality tools. Important but more mundane features include an improved screenshot tool, better window arrangement, and unified notifications.
The latest version of Windows 10 is 22H2 (for 2022, second half). Microsoft has noted that major updates would come once per year, and 22H2 is not one of those. Rather, this update is for security, performance, and reliability, similar to what were formerly called service updates. Bugs are still being squashed, and some first-party apps and features continue to receive updates alongside their Windows 11 counterparts.
Earlier updates included noticeable changes. The Chromium-based Microsoft Edge became the built-in web browser that powers not only the Edge browser but also Microsoft Store apps that require web access. That means both the browser and the apps that use the web engine become more compatible with websites, since the underlying rendering code is the same used by Google Chrome. It's worth noting, too, that Edge runs on not only Windows, but also Android, iOS, macOS, and now even Linux.
Standout Windows 10 features that appeared subsequent to its initial release still deserve mention, including Clipboard History (a lifesaver if you copy and paste frequently), a powerful screenshot tool, Timeline, Focus Assist, Game mode, Dark mode, Nearby Sharing, parental controls, and an updated News app. The Phone Link app syncs photos, SMS messages, and even voice calls from Android phones and LTE-equipped laptops. Even with all these advanced features, the OS remains familiar to longtime Windows users.
Windows 10 still runs the overwhelming majority of the millions of existing desktop programs developed in previous years, something macOS can't boast. Yes, that means Windows still uses the much-derided Registry to maintain configuration settings, but on today's fast hardware, that's no longer much of an issue. Microsoft now recommends against using any third-party registry-optimizing software for Windows 10.
Windows 10 presents almost no learning curve for longtime Windows users, while managing to incorporate many of the advances of Windows 8—faster startup, tablet capability, better notifications, and an app store. Its windowing prowess remains unmatched, letting you easily show the desktop and snap windows to the sides and corner quadrants of the screen.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Windows 10 is a feature-packed, polished operating system suited to a huge variety of users. It takes a back seat now that Windows 11 has arrived, but it still surpasses the newer version in some respects.
