It may just be everything that Windows 8 should have been

The revamped, customizable Start menu. Nate Ralph/CNET

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January 22, 2015 5:00 PM PST / Updated: January 30, 2015 5:00 PM PST

The revamped, customizable Start menu. Nate Ralph/CNET

Microsoft's Windows 10 event gave us a deeper look at the next generation of its operating system. At once panacea and prescience, it's a remedy for Windows 8's identity-crisis that reworks Microsoft's bold vision of creating a single, universal experience for all of our devices.

A new build of the Technical Preview arrived just a few days after Microsoft's event, bringing with it a host of new features, including Microsoft's virtual assistant Cortana. A Windows 10 build for Windows Phones is slated to arrive sometime in February. There was also some pretty good news for folks who are currently running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8 -- upgrades to Windows 10 will be free for a year. There's no word on pricing after that (or for folks still running Windows XP), but if Microsoft has its way, we will have all made the switch by then anyway.

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