Apparently there is no Win 9.
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-christens-the-next-version-of-windows-as-windows-10-7000034196/
MS are completely retarded. Here's what their recent operating systems/products should have been called, and what they were actually called:
Windows 8 = Windows 8
- Really touch-based, no way official way to go back.
Windows 8.1 = Windows 8.1
- Improved Modern apps to a useable standard. Added Boot to Desktop instead of Start Screen.
Windows 8.2 = Windows 8.1 update 1
- Made certain things easier for mouse and keyboard users.
Windows 8.3 = Formerly rumored to be named Windows 8.2.
- This was turned into a much lesser, normal Windows Update, as MS decided to hold-back adding-back the optional Start Menu for the future Threshold release. That's right, we could be using it right now.
Windows 8.4 = (codename Threshold/Windows 9)... Windows 10
- Will let us use Modern apps in a window on the desktop instead of as fullscreen apps. Will add virtual desktops. Will add an optional Start Menu.
Xbox Infinity = Xbox One
Xbox One is a horrible name from a brand perspective. Now you hear the following all the time ''... on the Xbox One.. fuck! I mean the Original Xbox!, Stupid Microsoft! Anyway...'' Xbox One should have been called Xbox Infinity, who's logo would be a sideways "8". That's how you co-brand devices, systems and operating systems together with one another.
Sure, Windows 8 and XBone have both struggled for a year or two. But now that both are out they could both be saved a lot easier with Windows 8/Xbox Infinity marketing working together. Not Windows 10 and Xbox One. Good Grief!