This are all great reasons to switch to Linux. Win 8.1 user MUST upgrade or they can’t even get security updates. On the one i choose not to install MS immediately asks me to take a survey! Further there descriptions have become vaguer and they roll-up as many as possible to hide shit. Microsoft is very aggressive in trying to install 8.1 as ‘critical updates’. Since I keep boot disk images i was able to restore Windows 8.0. It is remarkable how the press misses these facts. I don’t want Microsoft or their secret third parties in my private files like tax returns. In my main household windows computer all spun-down drives are automatically spun-up several times a day causing needless wear. You cannot limit the scope of the search with indexing and such as before! Microsoft now indexes and keeps track of all files on local drives and mixes them with Internet searches. The Search could be uninstalled in Windows 8.0 Microsoft removed the ability to uninstall the all new invasive Search in Windows 8.1. According to Microsoft, this update will encourage XP, Vista, and Windows 7 users to upgrade to the newest version of Windows. Windows 8.1 update is largely based on the feedbacks that Microsoft received by millions of Windows 8 users over the last year. Windows 8.1 update adds hundreds of new features and functionalities to Windows 8 without removing existing features, and is completely free to all Windows 8 users. Windows 8.1 update is largely based on the feedbacks that Microsoft received by millions of Windows 8 users over the last year. Windows 8 vs Windows 8.1Īs the “.1” in the Windows 8.1 name suggests, Windows 8.1 is based on Windows 8. The only major difference (leaving aside features) between Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 is that Windows 7 wasn’t a free update to Vista users and Windows 8.1 is absolutely free to all Windows 8 users. After installing Windows 8.1 RT Update 3, you'll need to turn on the Start menu. For more info, see Install Surface and Windows updates. So, Windows 8 isn’t a service pack as includes new features.Īs some of you may know, when Windows Vista was released back in 2007, it didn’t do well in the market and two years later, Microsoft released a polished version of Vista and named it as Windows 7, which went on to become the highest selling operating system in the history. When Windows Update notifies you that Windows 8.1 RT Update 3 is available, follow the on-screen instructions to download and install it. For those who’re under the impression that Windows 8.1 update is a service pack, a service pack mainly contains previously released updates and fixes, but doesn’t include new features.
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