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Windows 10 Fall Creators Update to Arrive October 17 (thurrott.com)

Posted by msmash on from the next-act dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft announced this morning that the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will be made available worldwide on October 17, in step with a new lineup of Windows Mixed Reality headsets that require this release. "We are coming up on our fourth major update to Windows 10, and our mission with these updates is to create a platform that inspires your creativity," Microsoft corporate vice president Terry Myerson says. "The next update of Windows 10, the Fall Creators Update, will be available worldwide October 17. With the Fall Creators Update, we are introducing some fun, new ways to get creative." The Fall Creators Update will upgrade Windows 10 to version 1709 and it brings a number of new features and improvements, especially to key experiences like gaming, security, and photos. But no new technology weighs as heavily on this update as Windows Mixed Reality, Microsoft's attempt to take virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) mainstream.

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  1. Finally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've been dying to have windows crap out for 3 hours right in the middle of what I'm trying to get done.

  2. October 18 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    visit mom.

  3. Windows Needs a Segmented Build by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    All of these trendy new features are lovely, but if you aren't spendy enough to have the latest and greatest hardware (with, probably, alpha drivers that won't work 1/2 the time) you don't need it. So how about a Windows build that's segmented - only loads the features your hardware supports? After all, Windows knows everything about your computer (and arguably you) by now. If I don't have VR hardware, why do I need VR support? That could be added later if I ever get it, which will never happen with the desktop (and probably not the old laptop, and *definitely* not the cheapo tablet) anyway. The cheapo tablet, in particular, needs to have Windows that doesn't have unusable features.

    1. Re:Windows Needs a Segmented Build by Gr8Apes · · Score: 4, Funny

      If I don't have VR hardware, why do I need VR support?

      Because... Ponies!!!

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    2. Re:Windows Needs a Segmented Build by thegarbz · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Because what you are saying is already done. Window's loaded memory footprint has been reducing with each release since Vista. What you're complaining about is harddisk space, and not some running bloat that will slow down your system.

  4. What's important to me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    is what new ways Microsoft will use to hoover up my personal data and social connections. That's what I'm excited about.

  5. Time for a visit by kbg · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just great. On 17 october I will have to go to all my relatives to fix their computer because of this untested crap update.

    Thanks Microsoft.

    1. Re:Time for a visit by JohnFen · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Most of my friends use Window 10 (some computer literate, some not).

      For the past couple of updates, when they were released, about half of them had showstopper issues.

      There's a selection bias, of course -- my friends are probably not representative of the entire population, but a 50% failure rate in that group makes me suspect that the overall failure rate is rather higher than a small percentage.

    2. Re:Time for a visit by JohnFen · · Score: 3, Insightful

      In fairness, there was one entity complaining about stagnation: Microsoft.

      Microsoft was making a lot of noise about how awful it is that people take their time about moving to new Windows versions (obviously, those people weren't worried about stagnation!). Windows 10 was Microsoft's way of fixing that problem: force everyone.

  6. Thanks for the warning by ilsaloving · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'll forward this on to people along with instructions on how to delay the update (since Microsoft says "no control for you!").

    I'm still livid over their Anniversary update which hosed every single "Designed for Windows 10" Lenovo laptop we had.

  7. Unlike last time... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Will the new update install on my Dell laptop or will I need to wipe the SSD for a fresh install?

  8. What about corporate users? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why are they screwing over corporate users with the constant updates and discontinuing support for older versions?

    There are versions of Windows 10 that will no longer get security updates and we can't upgrade beyond those versions due to lack of hardware support (for reasons unknown).

    MS needs to get their act together for their business customers.

  9. Not hating by DatbeDank · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But the last update borked my install of Windows so badly that I had to wipe it and reinstall. Bluetooth wasn't working right and my audio was cutting in and out.

    Will DEFINITELY be deferring this one for a good month.

  10. Re:Ask Slashdot: by JohnFen · · Score: 2

    It's not so much advertising as it is fair warning.

  11. Why is M$ going "Creative"? by TheDarkener · · Score: 2

    I mean I understand their reasoning of wanting to get "Developers!" but seriously, that's not been their thing most of their corporate life. That's Apple's thing, being creative hippie acid taking hackers. Microsoft is about corporate culture, suit-and-tie business deal money makers. Why are they afraid of who they really are?

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