Windows 9 preview could materialize as soon as next month
Microsoft could be shipping a preview release of the next major version of Windows—codenamed "Threshold" and expected to be named "Windows 9"—in either late September or early October, according to sources speaking to
ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley. The preview will be widely available to anyone who wants to install it.
The final version of the operating system is currently believed to be scheduled for spring 2015.
Microsoft has
all but confirmed some of the features that Threshold will ship with, including a new hybrid Start menu that includes bits of the old Windows 7 Start menu alongside new live tiles and the ability to run modern Metro applications in windows.
