Microsoft's Windows 10 Anniversary edition may launch July 29
The July 29 date appears in slides for Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2016, blog site NokiaPowerUser said Monday. One slide points to July as the Windows 10 release-to-manufacturing time frame. A second slide sets the start of the key 90-day RTM phase as July 29.
RTM is the moment when a software maker sends out a finished version of a program to device makers to install on the machines they sell.
Following the trials and tribulations of Windows 8, Microsoft has been working hard to convince people to jump to Windows 10. The Anniversary edition will be a milestone attempt to lure more users to the operating system software, which has already landed on 300 million active devices, including PCs, phones and the Xbox One game console.
Assuming the information on the slides remains on track, the July 29 date makes sense: That's the anniversary of the official 2015 debut of Windows 10. The Windows 10 Anniversary edition is the first major upgrade to the software, adding improvements to the Cortana voice assistant and the Hello login feature as well as tweaking the Start menu to display the All Apps category.
The July 29 date also places a deadline on Microsoft and its users. Windows 10 has been free to owners of of Windows 7 and 8.1, but that deal is due to end July 29. After that date, you'll have to pony up \\$119 for the Home version of Windows 10 and \\$199 for the Pro flavor. Microsoft has been pushing users to upgrade via its "Get Windows 10" notifications to drive them on board before that last Friday in July.
Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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