Windows 9 May Be Free

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The obvious question is whether Windows 9 will be 64-bit only – something that Microsoft threatened even before Windows 7 shipped – but that’s going to depend on what chips are in PCs.

We don’t expect that Windows Phone and Windows 9 would have exactly the same interface, but if the trend of simplifying Windows and making Metro apps more important continues – especially on ARM tablets where you can’t run all those x86 apps you need full Windows compatibility for – then Windows Phone and Windows 9 could be essentially the same operating system, with Metro’s WinRT programming model giving applications ways to integrate features.

Following Microsoft’s three-year Windows OS release cycle, we’d expect a Windows 9 release date of October 2015 with a Windows 9 beta release at the start of the year, perhaps at CES 2015.

Also, the new operation system, Windows 9, may be free.

More information soon.