Ah, that's good to know, and also uber-obscure. It works, but the MS Mouse and KB Center is going to need an update to support that new way, since it also displays an error (even though it actually runs it): "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item."
I have a good (educated) guess on this. FBL_Awesome was the January release and the reason they jumped to build 10,000 and released 9926 is because all builds after 9926 that had new features are 10,000 and above...they worked hard to stabilize 9926 for release but did not know the exact build number for releasing the Jan tech preview. So, what they did was jump to build 10,000 for features post Jan tech preview and kept 9920-9999 as options for the JTP and it happened that 9926 was stable enough for release but in this scenario, they could have compiled ~74 more builds to find a stable one for release. Now that this particular branch is done with, the next iteration needed a new name.
it would be extremely rash to release RTM in June, as xomniversex said, we should get a new build MUCH more often.. I'm waiting for Consumer preview instead of RTM
Patience everybody, a new build is coming this month for sure. hxxxs://twitter.com/joebelfiore/status/564537739849109504
I disagree. People and the media are judging the product on day 1 (remember the Xbox One launch!) Only 4 months and a lot of things are still completely missing. Nobody has ever tried the default browser, the XAML Start Menu misses the most basic features (drag&drop, JumpLists) the touch UI is extremely basic and there is so much old stuff still left behind (Media Player, personalization options, volume control and much more). Furthermore between BUILD and RTM are only 2 months time. That's not enough for developers to created new apps or update their existing apps. We don't need another Windows version without apps on day 1.
I hope they'll fix wireless issues, I can't connect to the 5GHz band on my router. It worked on Windows 8 and 8.1 on both my laptop and desktop
Heck, remember the Win8 launch. I agree. However, MS may be gambling that public opinion has already formed over Win10. At this point, word is out that it's anything but a dog. It's already a success, and any late, possibly negative reviews may not change that broad sentiment. Maybe that combined with the fact that RTM'g in June could easily mean that almost no one (certainly no one buying PCs) would actually have it until around September could give them the confidence to use those three months to prepare WUs for anything that needs it. That didn't work for Win8, of course, but that was a v1 product in many ways; Win10 is v2.
Actually 9926 was Plan B, because MS had bragged about "January" Preview, they just have to release something in Jan.
Well.. we will see how much "Spartan" can improve until the final release. On the rendering engine side, I don´t see much possible improvement until Windows 10 comes out. Microsoft surely will focus now on the rest of the things, the GUI with all those fancy tricks and integration into the system. Not to forget about plugin/addon support etc. If I am wrong, even better
They still don't get it do they? Those new icons are just bland and boring. They need a hint of shadow underneath(will give it a more 3dimensional) those tiles/apps/windows explorer because it just too flat and it look very bad and outdated against the background. Seriously. How hard is it for them to change that fugly arrow shortcut icon to a nicer and cleaner to something like this?