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hey what's going on guys a Marklin sang it from TechnoBuffalo and windows 10 is finally available which means if you have a qualified Windows 7 or 8.1 machine you'll be able to update to Windows 10 for free as long as you do it within the first year we've been testing out windows 10 for several weeks and we're loving what we see so far it's definitely the upgrade Windows fans have been waiting for in the release PC users deserve following Windows 8 there are a ton of changes in Windows 10 but let's take a look at some of the best features in Microsoft's latest OS so the first one on our list is Cortana now Ratana is making its way to the PC in Windows 10 and it's an awesome feature you can add things to her notebook like your favorite locations TV shows sports teams so she starts to learn what kind of things you like like a real assistant she'll immediately provide that information and things like the weather your upcoming flight plans and more all from your Windows 10 taskbar Crotona exists in two forms either as an icon or as a full search bar and you can call her by voice using the hey Cortana command or manually so the second one on our list is Windows hello now passwords are very dumb but not really they can be a pain though they also aren't very secure if you're just taping them to the side of the monitor anyway that's why Microsoft built Windows hello it's a biometric based system security you can use iris scanners which are built into some computers already or you can use your face or fingerprints who jump right into your computer now we've recently tested this feature at a meeting with Microsoft and it works flawlessly and quickly and we're told they can't be fake with photos which I know may be a big concern to some people this isn't a gimmick either Microsoft is part of the phyto Alliance which has a goal of getting banks in other institutions on board with the authentication standard so the third one on our list is continuum now continuum is going to play a huge role in Microsoft's Windows 10 ecosystem on tablets and two-in-one hybrids it essentially allows you to switch between a touch friendly mode and a keyboard and mouse mode on a surface pro 3 for example attaching a keyboard will enable PC mode and detaching it will enable tablet mode more importantly however is what the feature means to apps the applications you use on Windows 10 are built to scale all screen sizes so Windows 10 apps like photos or even apps that developers build can run on devices with 4-inch displays up to huge monitor just pull the window and the app will scale in real-time so the fourth one on our list is the return of the Start menu now this is a very big feature I'm sure a lot of people are excited to see make a comeback yes it wasn't very hard to add a Start menu to previous iterations of Windows but the real-deal Start menu is back it's even better than before - in microsoft says it specifically made tweaks based on input from windows inside our testers you can keep it nice and small or resize it to take over your whole screen if you want you can also customize it to your content with four different live tile sizes drag-and-drop applications around and more for me it's where I can quickly see the weather check out a few headlines and open up my most used apps and it's easily the best version of the Start menu ever so the last one in our list is Microsoft edge while we're still getting used to the Microsoft edge browser we're really digging it so far you can finally pin tabs you can take a snapshot of the screen and draw on it in OneNote share pages right from the browser and more probably my favorite feature however is the built-in Cortana support if you go to a website for a restaurant for example Cortana will pop up at the top of the screen and let you know she has the hours directions and more also if you ever come across a word or something you don't understand you can right-click and ask Cortana for more information there's also light and dark modes a reading list and the ability to read in a special reading view that makes the page much more reader friendly like we said there's so much more to love about Windows 10 the new Action Center in Windows mas is so much easier to check out miss notifications and the new Xbox integration in Windows 10 will allow you to stream Xbox games directly to your PC we also have support for full virtual desktops and task switching is better than ever Microsoft is treating Windows 10 more like Windows as a service which means we can expect frequent updates from Microsoft anyways thank you guys so much for watching and if you guys enjoy this video make sure to give it a thumbs up and we will see you guys in the next one