14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft rolled out Windows 10 build 10240 for insiders earlier today, so anyone can get it via Windows Update or using the unofficial ISOs that we wrote about a couple of hours ago.
As you can see in the screenshots below, this new build, which is said to be the RTM version that Microsoft plans to roll out on July 29, comes with online minor improvements as compared to its predecessors, as the company focused mostly on fixing bugs and enhancing the overall performance of the system.
Probably the most noticeable change is the removal of the watermark in the right bottom corner, which could be another sign that Windows 10 has reached RTM.
Microsoft Edge improvements
Since Microsoft focused mostly on refining the experience in Windows 10, the operating system performs a lot faster, and fewer bugs are likely to be found, but in case you do come across one, make sure you report it to the company to fix it before the big launch on July 29.
Microsoft Edge is one of the apps that received most of the attention in this new build, and the company claims that it’s much faster than in previous releases and it performs even better than Google Chrome, which has already been around for many years.
Benchmarks indeed show that Edge is faster than Chrome, but there’s no doubt that Google’s browser still provides a richer feature lineup for the time being. Microsoft has promised to add more features in the upcoming updates, including support for Chrome extensions, but no timing has been provided.
Even though there’s no watermark in this build, Microsoft still calls it “preview,” so it might not be safe to install it on production machines just yet. And still, Windows 10 build 10240 performs amazingly well, so it’s pretty clear that the new OS is going in the right direction.
