Introduction

Windows 10 is the most hotly anticipated version of Microsoft’s desktop OS in some time, and the first in just as long that has received almost universal acclaim from users, enthusiasts, bloggers, and the media, so the pressure’s on to deliver something that’s both super-cool and feature-packed.

Fortunately for Microsoft, they’re delivering both qualities in spades, which seems odd to this author, as I’ve been, several times, to the surprisingly ordinary building in which it is being written, and shared coffee with some of the people who are bringing the magic to life. You might be surprised to hear that the Windows development team is not a vast army of programmers, but rather a smaller and select team of quite exceptional people ...

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