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Windows 10's Next Update Will Be Called 'Spring Creators Update' (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on from the up-next dept.

The Verge reports: Microsoft is planning to reuse its "Creators Update" naming for a third Windows 10 update. The software giant has strangely not yet officially named its next Windows 10 update, due next month, but it has been testing a future update that appears to reveal the spring update name. "Windows 10 Spring Creators Update" has been spotted in the latest test builds of the Redstone 5 update expected to be released later this fall. Microsoft first launched Windows 10 Creators Update last spring, followed by the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update in the fall. The new Windows 10 Spring Creators Update naming was originally spotted in Microsoft blog posts last year, but this is the first time it has appeared in the operating system itself.

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  1. I am not a Creator by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And, living in the southern hemisphere, it is hardly spring. I guess this update is not for me.

    1. Re:I am not a Creator by arth1 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I thought the update was meant for spring creators. If you have metal wire and a pair of pliers, you should be all set.

  2. What about consumers and business peeps by Bite+The+Pillow · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm a consumer. I also work on a desktop. I'm not a creator. Is there an update for me? Because I'm starting to think Microsoft isn't serious about capturing non creator market share.

    1. Re: What about consumers and business peeps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You are a creator of shareholder value

    2. Re: What about consumers and business peeps by Bite+The+Pillow · · Score: 2

      That's the nicest thing any anonymous coward has said about me. Thank you.

    3. Re:What about consumers and business peeps by Ranbot · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Also a consumer and use my home PC mainly for games. I tried not to install the last "Fall" update, but after avoiding it for about a month Windows dropped the illusion of choice and forced the install on me. The update destroyed my video frame rates. I waited for a follow-up Windows or Nvidia update, and I tried to troubleshoot the issue with everything I could find online about it (I wasn't the only one), but my patience ran out after about a week. I rolled back the update and everything was fine again.

      So, yeah, this non-creator doesn't care what's in the update other than it better not fuck up what's already working. I will continue to ignore the suggested apps and Windows-sponsored social experiences. I will continue not using Edge. And Microsoft, yes, I play games; and I know you gather information from me to know that too. But, no, I do not want you to reinstall the Xbox app for the third time, and if you do I will uninstall/disable it again.

  3. Feature Suggestion by jetkust · · Score: 2

    Does this update feature the ability to wake a laptop from sleep?

    1. Re:Feature Suggestion by Junta · · Score: 2

      To be honest' modern windows never actually goes to sleep anymore, it does 'S0ix' and to the chagrin of linux users particularly, is causing vendors to stop supporting S3.

      The plus side: applications can now run even when ostensibly off.

      The downside (even for windows): Your laptop can no longer sleep for a week and still have battery to resume. You *will* be resuming from hibernation after a weekend.

      This is to compete with phones, which also don't have a real 'sleep' and are always alive and don't have as high standby time as they used to, despite gigantic batteries.

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  4. What the hell is "Creators" update? by mysidia · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is this because Microsoft created Windows, and this is the update they released?
    Because the name is redundant.

    I'm kind of getting sick of this bullshit name "Creator's Update" that doesn't even provide any information on what they'll actually be putting in the update

    1. Re:What the hell is "Creators" update? by thegreatbob · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's an update that breaks a bunch of stuff, and resets a huge swath of your settings... at least that's been my experience to date.

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    2. Re:What the hell is "Creators" update? by jetkust · · Score: 2

      I suggest they call it "Destroyers" update.

    3. Re:What the hell is "Creators" update? by ErichTheRed · · Score: 4, Interesting

      It taps into the current trend of portraying "creators" in the media. In the IT/Dev space, it's usually the stereotypical web startup hipster with the hemp satchel, ironic mustache, Moleskine notebook and MacBook Pro with Github and Slack stickers on it.

      Microsoft is trying to replace those Macbooks with Surfaces, so slapping the label "Creators' Update" on Windows is seen as one way to do it. Almost all web developers I've seen are Mac users though, so I think it's just for effect.

    4. Re:What the hell is "Creators" update? by mysidia · · Score: 2

      Yes.... Windows 10 (1803) would at least provide some unique context to "Which" update you're talking about, and I could hopefully Google search that and find a changelog for "1803" ?.

  5. Interesting new world of marketing by ErichTheRed · · Score: 2

    The interesting thing about Windows is that they used to have to convince people to buy the new versions every few years. Now that it's a "service" that you just buy once with a computer (Home and Pro) or pay monthly for the rest of your life (Enterprise/Education), there's less marketing magic around new releases. No more people lining up at computer stores at midnight, flashy launch parties, etc.

    In an environment like that, there's no reason to promote a new version, so why spend money on a marketing campaign? Just reuse the one from last year. It would be great if they plowed the money they saved by firing the marketing team into product engineering, but that just doesn't happen anywhere.

    1. Re:Interesting new world of marketing by Junta · · Score: 2

      Because users are getting buzz about the new IiOS, the new android version, Windows has to have it too. Except MS is lacking in imagination and just calls everything 'Windows 10' and 'Creators Update', so they have no distinguishing branding to go with the hype they try to generate.

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  6. I really don't care about the name... by QuietLagoon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... I am more concerned whether or not it will work? Howls of pain from Win10 1607 and 1703 users who were forced to upgrade to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update today.. Microsoft has to stop using residential customers as their alpha-testers.

  7. Fuck you Microsoft. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm a creator.

    I depend on my machines to make money every single day. If they don't work, I can't put food on my table. It really is that simple.

    Your fall creators update effectively destroyed my W10 installation and cost me 3 days of productivity to get it back online. You later forced a driver update on the machine that took out my graphics tablet. And then less than a month later, I left the keyboard for two hours and you decided to not only reboot my machine (which would have lost my state had I not saved it before I left), but install several updates that broke two of my primary 3D packages.

    I got so sick and tired of your fucking bullshit, I built myself a machine out of last generation parts (which weren't even any slower than what I had), and threw Windows 7 on it instead. Why? Because it fucking works, that's why. The updates don't overhaul my entire OS. It doesn't force driver updates on me. I don't have to worry about it committing suicide when I walk away to grab a sandwich, because I can outright disable WU and it respects my decision.

    So fuck you Microsoft. Your "creators" bullshit is just that, bullshit. You don't give a shit about reliability or stability so long as your telemetry is flowing. Fuck your company, and your OS. When I can no longer run Windows 7 on the bare metal, I'll run it in a VM under Linux and run whatever else I can natively instead.

    Yours truly,
    A pissed off "creator" who couldn't even use W10 to reliably create things.

  8. Spring creators rejoice by iTrawl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Spring creators around the world say "it's about fucking time somebody did something for us". Now they can make springs large and small with the ease of technology, and step out of the stone age.

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  9. They should do like Android... by Bearhouse · · Score: 3, Funny

    Use words borrowed from edible things...y'a know, like Turkey, Lemon...

    1. Re:They should do like Android... by khandom08 · · Score: 2

      ....shit sandwich...

    2. Re:They should do like Android... by ausekilis · · Score: 2

      Or borrow from Canonical with the "adjective-noun" alphabet format. They've got a few in the bag:

      Absolute-asshat

      Baffling-bullshit

      Condescending... you get the idea.