14 DAY TRIAL // October is going to be a really important date for the operating system industry as the two most important companies in the desktop OS industry are planning to bring their latest products to the market and show the world the latest features they have been working on.
Microsoft is set to host its very first Windows 9 event on September 30, and although the company hasn’t yet publicly announced its intention to break the news on the next desktop operating system, reports coming from the US-based media confirm that invites have already been sent to select journalists.
And still, according to recent speculation, Windows 9 Preview won’t be launched in September, after the event, but in October, most likely in the first week of the month.
At the same time, a number of other sources claim that Microsoft could also push back the release of Windows 9 beta in order to get closer to the public debut of Apple’s Mac OS X Yosemite.
Windows 9 and Yosemite launching next month
While Microsoft will only roll out a beta version of Windows 9, Apple is expected to use the October 21 event to introduce Mac OS X Yosemite, iPad Air 2, and iPad Mini 3, so there’s no doubt that this is going to be a really important event for the fruity-named company.
And still, public interest in Windows 9 is growing, and even though Redmond would only introduce a preview version, there’s no doubt that millions of downloads will be recorded in the very first days of availability.
As far as the market share is concerned, Windows is currently powering more than 90 percent of the desktop computers worldwide, so there’s no surprise that so many people are interested in what comes next for Microsoft’s operating system.
Apple’s Mac OS X is said to be powering approximately 7 percent of PCs in the world, with figures slightly increasing each month.
One year after Windows 8.1
Microsoft’s possible October launch for Windows 9 beta aligns with the previous releases and perfectly fits the company’s new yearly release cycle started a few versions ago.
Windows 8, for instance, got to see daylight in October 2012, while Windows 8.1 was officially introduced one year later. The company started shipping Windows 8.1 Update in April this year and next month it could begin making Windows 9 beta available to the public.
Next April, the company is set to introduce the stable version of Windows 9, so it’s only natural to expect an important update for the operating system to arrive in October 2015 as well.