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welcome to top 5 I'm your host is Akhtar let's talk about Windows 10 Microsoft brand new operating system has been in the wild for some time now as a preview the launch of Windows 10 actually has people buzzing because it looks like Microsoft got the message after Windows 8 so let's count down the top 5 reasons to upgrade to Windows 10 and number 5 it's free how could Microsoft get you to upgrade from the operating system you already have to a new one how about not charging for it Microsoft Windows 10 is free for the first year of availability for users of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 are you too cheap to pay Microsoft nothing for a brand new snazzy operating system complete with a free redesign web browser replacing Internet Explorer are you number 4 Xbox streaming any Xbox one game can be streamed to your Windows 10 desktop PC laptop or tablet want to stream that game without Windows 10 nope you're not doing that the full Xbox experience lands on your Windows machine as long as you're running Windows 10 on the same network if you want a game outside on your porch on your tablet boom you can do that maybe somebody doesn't want to hog in the TV but you want a game boom Windows 10 takes care of that too at number three is Cortana part of Windows 10 is a personal assistant called Cortana that you may have seen on Windows Phone you'll be able to ask Cortana to take care of tasks look up things get reminders or check the weather unlike previous Microsoft assistants clipping Cortana is generally well-liked there are other personal assistants out there like Siri and Google now but they don't have the same integration with your laptop like Cortana does number two windowed modern apps if you've used Windows 8 at all you're well aware of the new style of apps that run in a full-screen mode or can be snapped in different ways on your screen however those modern apps and those older desktop apps didn't really live in the same space Microsoft figured out something with Windows 10 what about putting apps in Windows Windows 10 uses windows to manage applications all the applications modern app you can run that in the window older app you can run down to a window too it's brilliant but seriously windowed modern apps are really useful before we hit the number one reason to upgrade to Windows 10 let's take a look at a few reasons not to upgrade if you love that charms bar on the side of the Windows 8 interface don't upgrade it's gone in Windows 10 Windows Media Center also got the accent windows 10 the app used to be a part of Windows 7 and an add-on for Windows 8 and then Windows 10 media centers officially dead anyway on to number one the number one reason to upgrade to Windows 10 is the new Start menu when you click that Start button on your keyboard you'll see an old friend with a slightly new look I'm talking about the Start menu that brings along some live tiles with it by default clicking the start button will not take you to that otherworldly Start screen that flung you out of a desktop or app to a world of tiles by the way you can opt in to having that Start button take you to the Windows 8 style Start screen in a setting but who's going to do that Microsoft listen to tons of feedback and brought back a Start menu that people knew how to use in general Windows 10 fixes everything wrong with Windows 8 and takes the best parts of Windows 7 and 8 to build a solid operating system agree disagree let me know for better or worse I do read the comments on our YouTube page if you want me to catch your feedback even faster hit me up on Twitter I'm at Aya's for more top fives like this visit top-5 Kazu Netcom thanks for watching and I'll see you later