Windows 10 May 2019 Update version 1903 rollout approach

lolcocks · 04 Apr 2019

Man, I hate that the April update is delayed to May.
But then again, the testing phase seems necessary since the 1809 fiasco.

Wynona · 04 Apr 2019

lolcocks said:

Man, I hate that the April update is delayed to May.
But then again, the testing phase seems necessary since the 1809 fiasco.

We wouldn't have had the 1809 fiasco if Microsoft hadn't jumped the gun and released the final version without benefit of Insiders testing it.

I'm in favor of the longer testing period, just not the inconsistencies Microsoft hands out to us.

Steve C · 05 Apr 2019

Josey Wales said:

I will stay on 1809 as long as I can.

Why?

Steve C · 05 Apr 2019

I'll keep to my plan of deferring feature updates for at least 6 months to give MS time to iron out the initial bugs

fjk61011 · 05 Apr 2019

f14tomcat said:

Yes, I think that's what it's saying. RP (18362/19h1/1903/May Update/???) to Insiders starting next week, the version that will become public after tweaking and massaging and fixing for a while, released in late May.

Meanwhile, my Orioles lost their opener to the Yankees.............. 8-4.

Your Orioles? Sounds painfull.

f14tomcat · 05 Apr 2019

fjk61011 said:

Your Orioles? Sounds painfull.

Baseball. Like soccer (EU football), but smaller, harder ball we hit with a bat, not our head.

Bree · 05 Apr 2019

PromU said:

What MS really needs to do is give us back the granular control we had over WU, a la Win7.

But you haven't had that in Win7 for years. It's all in a 'Monthly Rollup' now, just like a Win10 CU.

https://support.microsoft.com/help/4489878

Samsung User · 05 Apr 2019

Cant wait to download and use it

Bree · 05 Apr 2019

Josey Wales said:

I will stay on 1809 as long as I can.

Steve C said:

Why?

There are good arguments for sticking to 1809, not least of which is that it is the build chosen for the current LTSB/LTSC.

Windows 10 version history	Date of availability	Mainstream support end date	Extended support end date
Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019 Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2019	November 13, 2018	January 9, 2024	January 9, 2029

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...cle-fact-sheet

PromU · 05 Apr 2019

Bree said:

But you haven't had that in Win7 for years. It's all in a 'Monthly Rollup' now, just like a Win10 CU.

https://support.microsoft.com/help/4489878

The degree of control and transparency is miles ahead of Win10: Clear differentiation of optional and critical updates, precise info on size of downloads (critical for users with low data caps), ability to indefinitely delay download of any update (not just defer download), and finally the ease and convenience to do all this by merely ticking, or unticking, a box.