Microsoft officially confirmed on September 1 that its Windows 10 Fall Creators Update release will begin to roll out to mainstream users worldwide starting October 17.
Lenovo inadvertently revealed yesterday during a product launch at the IFA conference that the Fall Creators Update would arrive starting on October 17.
While some are quibbling that Microsoft is going to be a month late with the Fall Creators Update release, I don’t see things that way — despite the fact Microsoft officials said this year that the company is aiming to deliver two feature updates per year, around March and September, to Windows 10 client and Server, going forward.
As has been the case for the past couple of Windows 10 releases, Microsoft doesn’t start delivering a new Windows 10 feature update the month that the build is marked as “done.” The Windows 10 Creators Update, which is also known as 1703 (for March 2017) did not start rolling out until mid-April. Its predecessor, Windows 10 Anniversary Update, a k a 1607 for July 2016, didn’t begin rolling out until August.
