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It has been a busy couple of weeks for hardware announcements and Microsoft is joining the party with their own event in early October. The company has sent out invites for its October event which will take place on the 2nd in NYC.
The event officially kicks off at 4:00 pm ET. There’s no live stream.
Microsoft has assembled press, analysts, and bloggers in New York City today and will launch new Surface PCs … and perhaps more.
There’s been a lot of speculation around this event, in particular about the new Surface PCs, which have succumbed to a sadly typical round of rumors. Some of which are decidedly suspicious. So now even Microsoft is getting in on the game, and it has essentially confirmed the news that Brad first revealed, that it will be bringing a black color back to Surface for the first time since Surface Pro 2.
Microsoft did not pre-brief us on what to expect, and in speaking with various journalists and bloggers in New York yesterday, no one admitted to knowing anything ahead of the event. So I can only go on what we were told and my best common-sense predictions.
I’ll be clear about which is which...
Read more: What to Expect from Todays Microsoft Event - Thurrott.com
See also:
- Microsoft Fall 2018 Event Live Blog (4pm ET, 8pm UTC) | AnandTech
- Microsoft's October 2 Fall Event: What to expect | ZDNet
- Microsoft Announces Hardware Event for October 2nd - Thurrott.com
There's a rumor floating around that the Windows 10 October 2018 Update may be announced and released during this event.
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Fast, Slow, Skip Ahead (a hybrid of Fast), and Release Preview.
"Release Preview Ring: Major Build change at a release milestone and then a continued series of Servicing Builds until the next release milestone is reached."
Insider Previews updates, rings and support | Windows Insider Program
My two 1803 machines which are not on insider both allowed updates to 17763.1 with no comments or questions about not being on Insider program. Usually it tells me no. I have to join Insider.