Posted on 03/16/2017 10:02:00 AM PDT by upchuck
Microsoft's forthcoming Creators Update offers a mixed bag of fixes for Win10's biggest knocks
Windows 10 will get better in the forthcoming Creators Update. That isn’t a hollow promise or more marketing drivel. It’s a straightforward observation, comparing the most egregious parts of the current version, Win10 1607 Anniversary Update, with near-final betas of the next version, 1703. While it’s too early to gauge 1703’s stability, the feature improvements are very real.
Windows 10 beta build 15031, which appeared on Feb. 8, was the first Win10 build in the rs2_release branch. That’s the point where a fork in the Win10 beta process started honing in on the “final” release of Windows 10 Version 1703, the Creators Update. The last major change we’ve seen came in build 15042, on Feb. 24, with the unveiling of a new disappearing Pause Updates pane in the Settings app. Since that point the changes have been largely cosmetic, with bug fixes taking center stage. [ The essentials for Windows 10 installation: Download the Windows 10 Installation Superguide today. | Stay up on key Microsoft technologies with the Windows Report newsletter. ]
Of course we’ll be talking about the Creators Update in the coming weeks and months as the bugs get ironed out. But there’s a big picture lurking that’s crucial for many admins, Win10 owners, and Win10 maybe-wannabes.
As Eric Knorr notes in “Which Windows 10 should your business install?,” if you’re thinking of moving to Windows 10, now’s the time to do it. The current version, the 1607 Anniversary Update, is the most stable and obvious choice, and it will remain so for many months. But real improvements lurk in 1703. You should know about them.
Here are the five complaints about Windows 10 Anniversary Update 1607 that I hear most often. Let’s take a look at how things stand now and how Windows will evolve in 1703. Keep in mind that 1703 won’t be “business ready” when it’s first available (likely in May). If you need Windows to work all the time, it’s much smarter to wait until 1703 matures sufficiently to enter prime time (what Microsoft calls Current Branch for Business), which will likely occur in August or September.
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Keeping up with Win 10 is becoming a full time occupation.
Thank goodness for Win 7!
h/t Leo.
Even Windows 7 isn’t as good as XP was
Glad I decided not to bite on the Win 10 upgrade after seeing more and more articles like this.
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Thanks to upchuck for the ping!!
I don’t like W10 because WiDi won’t work.
You understand that Microsoft is simply going to the same deployment model as Apple and Android, right? Instead of upgrading the OS every 5 years, they’re simply updating the components around the kernel. Do you grouse this much every time Apple or Google release a new version of their OS?
dayglored, you’re welcome. I have lots of sympathy for folks that have to keep up with this.
IMHO Cortana fill the first 7.
No, because, since I don't use Apple or Google, I don't even know about their updates unless I read about it.
It's rare to come across an Apple or Android aficionado who has complaints about their OS. Granted, the percentage of Apple or Android users is a small percentage compared to Windows.
IMHO, MSFT's problems began when they got really invasive and stopped users from turning off updates.
I hate Cortana. That’s another reason.
Wow, and here I thought I was the only Luddite in the country still using Win7.
I’ve never complained about an iOS update in my life until the last one, not sure why but it’s a battery hog compared to what was on it previously, tough to make it through the day without plugging it into the charger now no matter how much or how little I’ve used it. Not an old iPhone either, less than a year so it’s not the battery itself.
Granted, my decision to go from XP to 7 was reluctant.
If hardware and software manufacturers had continued to write device drivers and software for XP I'd prolly still be there.
Windows 10 is a virus that shows up unannounced and unwanted. I finally got around it on my computer and have never used it since. It was impossible to delete, I just minimized it and keep it there.
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