Windows 10 Version 1809 Update Size: How big is it?
Microsoft will soon begin rolling out the next version of Windows 10, version 1809. We have previously written about the previous iteration of Windows 10, version 1803. Windows 10 version 1809 is also referred to as Redstone 5. You will also come across version 1809 being referred to as “Windows 10 October 2018 Update. So, what’s the Windows 10 October 2018 update download size?
Windows 10 October 2018 Update Download Size
The Windows 10 Version 1809 October 2018 update download size is around 5 GB. That’s more or less the same download size as the previous version of Windows 10.
Note that we have not given a hard figure here for Windows 10 October 2018 Update Size. That’s because different versions of the Windows 10 version 1809 update are going to come in different sizes.
The story of Windows 10
Microsoft appears to have wised up on the fact that people periodically suffer from what one might term “update fatigue,” which sees alternate versions of Windows always turning out to be flops. One only has to look at Windows Vista and Windows 8 to understand what we are talking about. Now, instead of bringing in a completely new version of Windows, Microsoft has taken the route of staying at Windows 10. What this means is that whether you love it or not, you are not really going to have a choice when it comes updating Windows 10.
Space requirements
You may think that the space requirements for the Windows 10 October 2018 update are the same as the download size, but that’s not really the case. We explain the situation in this article, so feel free to refer to it in order to find out the amount of space that is required for the Windows 10 version 1809 update.
