An astonishing new report from AdDuplex shows that the Windows 10 April 2018 Update has rolled out at a historically fast rate. What game is Microsoft playing here?
“The April 2018 Update managed to reach 50 percent of Windows 10 PCs in just one month,” AdDuplex notes in its most recent report. “Windows 10 version 1803 is the fastest-spreading Windows 10 update by far. It took Fall Creators Update twice as long to cross the 50 percent line, and Creators Update was under 50 percent for about 3 months.”
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So there you go: As promised last week on Windows Weekly, we’d soon get the data to prove that Microsoft is spewing this update out at an unprecedented rate. Why they are doing so is unclear, given the many problems that users have had with this update. (Not to mention the internal issues that delayed the original release.) But there it is, even worse than I had expected. Much worse. Irresponsibly worse.
As for other data in this month’s report, a few things stand out:
Most modern Surface PCs are ahead of the average. “Newer Surface models are beating the global average, when it comes to the April 2018 Update, while older ones are lagging behind,” AdDuplex notes. “Surface Laptop is a notable exception with only 37.3 percent.”
Dell, Microsoft, and MSI are outpacing other PCs makers when it comes to deploying the update. “Acer and Toshiba are notably behind the global average, AdDuplex says.
As a reminder, AdDuplex is a leading independent ad network reaching hundreds of thousands of Windows 10 users every day.
Todd Northrop
<p>Let me get this straight: When iOS adoption of OS updates is incredibly quick, that's always a good thing. When Windows adoption of OS updates is quick, that's a bad thing. Gotcha Paul, thanks for the insight.</p>
RR
<p>I don't know what you are talking about Paul. They offered me this update few weeks ago, I took it, and I have never had a problem. It works, and my computer and experience with the OS is clearly much better than before the update. I can list a few things:</p><ol><li>There is some multi task view whatcamacallit feature that is very useful allows quicker/ efficient task switching</li><li>They have the timeline that allows me to go back</li><li>Edge feels ultra stable and fast, the UI can't be beat by any other browser. Chrome is crap.</li><li>Fluent Design System is much better on some Apps including Edge, Calender etc, with the sharper defined edges and some highlight thing when you hover with the mouse</li><li>Looks like they enabled Cortana to do a few more useful things, like it started sending me when my stocks crashed (not sure that is very endearing, but there you have it)</li><li>etc</li><li>I would rave about the ability to write with my hand in windows and in Edge etc, but those have been there for a long while. </li></ol><p><br></p><p>Why should they not roll it out and flex their muscles. Don't be a playa hater dude.</p>