Windows 8.1 is here! Read the good and the bad below!

WINDOWS 8.1

 

The initial review: The good and the bad
 
Almost one year ago, Windows 8 was released. Windows 8 was an attempt to merge the desktop and tablet operating system into one operating system. While the concept may be a good one, the results were far from a success. 
Last week, Windows 8.1 was released. Read below to see our initial findings.
 
 
The concept of a “.1” is quite common in the technology world. Very often programmers release version 1 and there are issues with it, so they release 1.1 and 1.2. This continues until an entirely new version is released and they call it version 2.0 (and yes, you guessed it, shortly after version 2.0 comes out, 2.1 and 2.2!).
 
Over the years, Microsoft has released several Operating Systems. Between operating systems, they released service packs, which are major updates, and they constantly send out minor updates.
Windows 8.1 is an entirely new concept to Windows, and here is what we found:
 
 
THE GOOD:
Start button – When you hover the mouse over where the start button has always been, a start button appears. With a left click, it allows you to switch between desktop and metro. A right click displays a menu, similar to Windows 8, with several enhancements. The biggest enhancement to this menu is the ability to shut down from the menu.
 
Search bar – When you are in the Metro look and you start typing, it starts searching for everything that may fit what you are looking for. (With Windows 8, it separated the programs from the documents.)
 
Start up – Now when you turn on your computer, you can adjust the settings to boot directly into the desktop or the Metro screen.
 
 
THE BAD
The update takes several hours to do. 
 
Microsoft recommends making a backup of your computer just in case. This precaution turned out to be a necessity for some updating Windows 8 to 8.1RT, when the computer did not boot into Windows after the process was started!
 
On some computers, the update is not available (mainly on do-it-yourself machines.)
 
 
THE BOTTOM LINE:
If you have Windows 7 and you are happy with it, we recommend staying with Windows 7 for the time being.
 
If you have Windows 8, the update to 8.1 will probably give you a better experience.

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