The Takeaway: Here's how Windows 10 updates will work
15.06.2015
With Windows 10 set to roll out on July 29, the company is still putting the finishing touches on how it will offer companies and consumers regular updates and patches. One thing is certain, however: The pace of those updates will be faster than it has been in the past -- and just how fast will depend on some decisions users will have to make.
The radical new system envisions more frequent maintenance releases, quicker security fixes and even new features on a rolling basis. It's a far cry from what Windows users have grown accustomed to over the past two decades. There's even new terminology to describe what Microsoft has planned, just to further confuse things. You'll be hearing a lot about branches and rings in the months ahead.
Here's the basics of how the system will work, based on what we know so far from Microsoft:
One final note: While users may be able to delay exactly when they get updates and how fast they apply them, they can't avoid them all together without losing access to security updates.
With reports from Gregg Keizer at Computerworld
Ken Mingis