In reply to a post by TinyMongomery:

The current build number is 15063.729.

Thanks, that's even more cryptic than my MacOS build number

I've been doing a bit of googling and came across this:

In reference to redmondmag.com/blogs/the-schwartz-report/2015/07/windows-10-last-os...:

Windows 10 Will Be the Last Major Microsoft OS Release

I hadn't realised MS were going down that route... so (probably) no Windows 11 and (it wouldn't surprise me) no MacOS 11 either.

Just a series of point releases... should be a good thing. More "evolutionary" and less apps being broken by major OS updates if nothing else!

It's primarily because MS will move to a subscription/cloud service - so you won't see update numbers but it will keep changing. Even if they no longer have major versions they could still have major changes.

In reply to a post by billford:

Just a series of point releases... should be a good thing. More "evolutionary" and less apps being broken by major OS updates if nothing else!

Can't really comment on Apple's releases but, generally, I disagree!!

A major release can be annoying but, when it occurs, you can go through it all & make sure that your Options/Settings are as you wish them to be. Also, if anything outlandish is introduced, there becomes such an outcry that it is soon shelved!

With this "Drip-Feed" approach to updates, various Options/Settings can be subtly changed (or even over-written) without you being aware of them!! Also you no longer get the same level of outcries objecting to outlandish changes!

Didn't I read something, on another Forum, where it was asserted that Microsoft routinely checks if Remote-Telemetry has been disabled &, if it has, it then re-enables it via the "routine" Security Updates??

In reply to a post by TinyMongomery:

Windows is on sub-version 1703 (or 1709 for cutting-edge users).
- Are those "genuine" sub-versions or build numbers?

The Microsoft version numbers are when the major releases are produced: March 2017 (1703) / Sep 2017 (1709)

Next years are likely to be 1803 and 1809