JismThat is, only if you use the search indexer. People who switch that stuff off don't see any gains in the first place.

AleksandarKThis improvement will be of much need to everyone who owns and runs Windows 10 on a Hard Drive.

ARFDoes this mean users with mechanical HDDs will see an improvement or all users with SSDs, NVMe M.2 and SATA3 as well?

newtekie1No one should be doing this. But sadly, OEMs still put out systems with the OS installed on a hard drive.

candle_86Lots of people still do, I sell budget win 10 rigs with 500gb hdds running 10 home and early core i3/i5/fx 4xxx/6xxx processors for between 100-$250. For some people they don't care, and some don't want to spend the money on a large SSD.

I've got an older couple, mid 80's they don't use the cloud, they don't understand it and don't want a Microsoft account. They both store family pictures and videos their kids and grandkids send them, and both have 1tb hdds and a separate 1tb backup hard drive that I come over to backup to once a month for them. They can't afford the cost of a 1tb SSD when they bought their computers, the gentleman is running a 2011 core i3 gateway I upgraded to 10, and the lady is running an 2014 go i5 I upgraded from 8 to 10.

zlobbyYou are ripping the poor old guys! You should use the newest entry-level Ryzens. :slap:

zlobbyWhen is this update expected to hit the outside Insiders?

jpvalverde85Windows Search has been shite since long, and due to that i found Everything (from Void Tools), that does the job quickly with very little resources, at least to find files which is nevertheless better than Windows Search that often can't find stuff on Start folder or Control Panel.

ARFTuesday update, May 5th or May 12th ?

erpguy53extremely unlikely on May 5 - incompatibilities between v2004 and Windows Mixed Reality still exist and a scheduled fix for that is around early May
May 12 or May 19 would be better dates

Update (April 30): As I mentioned on the Windows Weekly podcast recently, these dates were pushed back by Microsoft, possibly because the team wanted to patch a zero-day exploit before pushing the code to OEMs and users. I hear OEMs now are set to get the code May 5; developers on May 12; and general availability is slated for May 28. Again, Microsoft has not announced this officially and these dates may change yet again.

We are continuing to work on getting the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (20H1) ready for release. Today we are releasing Build 19041.208 to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview ring. While we originally thought that Build 19041.207 would be the final build, we made the decision to take in one more fix we felt was important to have before making the May 2020 Update generally available. We believe that Build 19041.208 is the new final build and still plan on continuing to improve the overall experience of the May 2020 Update on customers’ PCs as part of our normal servicing cadence.

erpguy53forget either May 12 or May 19 - looks like 2004 could be released to the public near the end of May:
www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-rolls-out-windows-10-2004-release-preview-ahead-of-expected-may-release-to-mainstream-users/

candle_86Lots of people still do, I sell budget win 10 rigs with 500gb hdds running 10 home and early core i3/i5/fx 4xxx/6xxx processors for between 100-$250. For some people they don't care, and some don't want to spend the money on a large SSD.

I've got an older couple, mid 80's they don't use the cloud, they don't understand it and don't want a Microsoft account. They both store family pictures and videos their kids and grandkids send them, and both have 1tb hdds and a separate 1tb backup hard drive that I come over to backup to once a month for them. They can't afford the cost of a 1tb SSD when they bought their computers, the gentleman is running a 2011 core i3 gateway I upgraded to 10, and the lady is running an 2014 go i5 I upgraded from 8 to 10.

newtekie1There is no need for a large SSD. Put the OS on a 120GB SSD or 240GB SSD, they are stupid cheap these days. Use the 1TB HDD for storage of all their files.