• On beyond Win10 version 1703 – Is 1803 ready yet? Really?

    Posted on November 4, 2018 at 06:03 CST by • Comment in the Forums

    I’m sitting in the horns of a dilemma, and figured I’d toss this one out for discussion.

    Lots of folks are still on Win10 version 1703. I’m one of them — on my main machines, anyway. With Microsoft claiming that it won’t issue any more security patches for 1703, I’m pretty much forced to move on. (Yes, I know I can stick with 1703, but the volume of patches we’ve seen for Win10 argues volubly in favor of moving on.)

    Thus the dilemma (trilemma?). Assuming I stick with Win10, do I jump to 1709, 1803 or wait a bit and go with 1809?

    I’ll rule out 1809 just out of hand. Microsoft’s obviously working hard at making it a worthy version of Windows. But it ain’t good enough for Microsoft yet, and if it isn’t up to Microsoft’s standards, it sure as shootin’ isn’t up to mine.

    I’ve heard recent reports that the long-lingering problems with 1803 have been fixed, by and large. But in the once-burned-twice-shy tradition, I’m highly skeptical.

    Version 1709 has been stable for a while — and Microsoft has plugged a lot of holes in it, with a huge bunch arriving just a few weeks ago. But if I  move to 1709, I’ll have to move again in six months. If I jump to 1803, it’ll be patched until a year from now.

    And if there’s one thing I hate to do, it’s upgrade Windows versions on a production machine.

    What do you think?

    If I were buying a new machine I’d go with a Chromebook, frankly, but that’s a different story entirely.

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