From DailyTech: With Windows 10's release Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is clearly shaking up its traditional business and software models, delivering an OS for free to consumers (mostly) and continuing its shift to an all-internet distribution model. It's also disabled the user ability to indefinitely delay updates (a security risk). Users who want control will have to deal with Microsoft playing remote admin and protecting their PCs from mlaware.
Another key shift is the move towards more granular, faster-paced updates, a shift from its traditional model in which many users opted out and would eventually receive a year or more worth of updates in a Service Pack. It's calling its new monthly updates "Service Releases", according to a report by The Verge.
Reportedly the first Service Release (SR1) will land by the end of August. SR1 isn't expected to bring any new features; it will mostly consist of bugfixes based on the first full month of usage of Windows 10 in the wild. One focus of SR1 -- in addition to fixing outright bugs -- will be to boost Windows 10's battery life. Terry Myerson, Microsoft's executive vice president of the Windows and Devices unit, told The Verge:
We are ... I want to be able to say it's the best battery life, but right now we're about equal to Windows 8.1 updates. We're pushing for some fixes to say we're better. Still, 8.1 update had very good battery life, so we're in no way stepping back.
Bigger things are expected to land in SR2 -- tentatively scheduled for October.
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