Windows 9 Won’t Bring Back the Start Button, to Feature an Upgraded Start Screen

Redmond insiders have previously hinted that Microsoft may launch the next Windows iteration as soon as the next summer to offer it either as free or as a very affordable upgrade. More rumors on the matter suggest that a new version of Windows has already reached the alpha development stage, so the launch could indeed take place next year. One of the registered users of a Taiwanese forum claims he is already running Windows 9 alpha build 9622, indicating that the upcoming Windows refresh could stick to the Metro UI and the Start Screen introduced by Windows 8. Even though he calls the new Windows release “Windows 9,” the user may actually refer to Windows Blue, the first major upgrade for the new Microsoft operating system...

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