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I thought Windows 10 was the last numbered build. After that, just Windows?
Previous Incarnations were 1, 2, 3.0, 3.1, 3.11 New Technology (NT) covered 3.12, 4; 95, 98, 2000 (NT5.0), Millennium in a date-type scale, eXPerience(NT5.1) - XP was 5.1, Vista was 6.0, 7 was 6.1, 8 was 6.2 8.1 was Blue, 6.3.
There ought to be a competition for the next named version of Windows. I fancy characters from classical myth that have also found their way into the constellations. I often think of my usual operating system as "Pollux" for instance :)
Ubuntu is onto "slippery sandviper" or something similarly strange in the world of alliterative animals, while Linux mint is strictly herbal.
OSX is working it's way through the feline genera, although some are getting particularly close to extinction, so they had better be quick about it.
There is still that problem of a new build, more than an update, that requires a forced reboot upgrade install.
That could be a problem for anyone not able to make changes.
So, new builds will be redefined as an upgrade ?
And Windows will no longer be numbered.
What are they going to do when they reach 10.999.999 ?
No, it doesn't . . . When you upgraded from Windows 7 or 8.1, you didn't reinstall Windows, did you? In fact, you were required to upgrade if you wanted Windows 10 to activate.
So, no, a new build doesn't require reinstalling Windows. Lets go on the assumption that the next build Microsoft releases is hypothetical Build 103000. That build, as with all other builds, will be released as an Update. That means that the existing build of Windows 10 will be updated, not reinstalled.
Here's what generally happens:
1. All new builds will probably be released to those of us who chose to stay Insiders, as follows.
2.. Microsoft releases hypothetical Build 103000 to the Fast Ring. This basically "upgrades" the existing Windows 10 to the next build level.
Although Microsoft would rather the Fast Ring only "update/upgrade" when a new build is released, many of us have chosen to create an ISO from the Install.esd file contained within our files and then do a clean install.
3. At some later point, hypothetical Build 103000 is released to the Slow Ring. At this point, it's possible that Microsoft will release an ISO of hypothetical Build 103000, but not always.
4. The last thing that will happen is that Microsoft will then release the build to those running Windows 10 RTM. This release will come as (from here it's a guess) a Cumulative Update, a Service Release or something else. However, the average user will not be required to reinstall Windows 10; they will simply get the updates. And, Windows 10 will remain Windows 10.