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The Windows 10 April 2018 Update, version 1803, is enjoying the fastest rollout of any Windows 10 major update thus far.
Even though last-minute delays pushed its rollout into May for most users (it was available to manually install on the last day of April, but it didn't hit Windows Update until May's Patch Tuesday), as of the 29th of the month, it's now being used on just over half of all Windows 10 machines.
By way of comparison, the previous update, version 1709 ("Fall Creators Update") took about two months to reach 50 percent penetration, and the one before that, version 1703 ("Creators Update") took around three months to reach the same level.
The faster rollout suggests greater confidence within Microsoft that the update is relatively problem-free. Version 1803 hasn't been immune to issues—it was blocked temporarily from installation on systems with certain SSDs—but the speed of the rollout suggests that it has avoided any major issues.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...8-update/?comments=1&post=35413369&mode=quote
Even though last-minute delays pushed its rollout into May for most users (it was available to manually install on the last day of April, but it didn't hit Windows Update until May's Patch Tuesday), as of the 29th of the month, it's now being used on just over half of all Windows 10 machines.
By way of comparison, the previous update, version 1709 ("Fall Creators Update") took about two months to reach 50 percent penetration, and the one before that, version 1703 ("Creators Update") took around three months to reach the same level.
The faster rollout suggests greater confidence within Microsoft that the update is relatively problem-free. Version 1803 hasn't been immune to issues—it was blocked temporarily from installation on systems with certain SSDs—but the speed of the rollout suggests that it has avoided any major issues.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...8-update/?comments=1&post=35413369&mode=quote
