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Microsoft Windows 8.1 - Full Version

Microsoft Windows 8.1 - Full Version
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» Operating Systems: Windows 8
» Vendor: Microsoft
» Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9 in Software (includes all Amazon titles)
» Shipping weight: 4.0 ounces
» Media: DVD-ROM
» ASIN: B00EDSI7QO
» Average Customer Review: 
     
 based on 538 reviews
 
Product Features
»  Recommended version for upgrading Windows 7 or a full install of Windows 8.1. Running Windows 8? Windows 8.1 is available as a free update from Microsoft
»  Get to it all from the new Start screen, even your familiar desktop
»  Personalize with more tile sizes, colors, & backgrounds. Do more with side by side views of apps and sites
»  Access photos & files virtually anywhere with OneDrive built-in
»  Search, browse, and share more securely and quickly

Software Description
Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 - Full Version

Best of Work and Play

Bring all the aspects of your life together - create, play, discover, connect, and work.

  • Get to it all from the new Start screen, even your familiar desktop
  • Discover popular and unique apps in the Windows Store
  • Personalize with more tile sizes, colors, & backgrounds
  • Do more with side by side views of apps and sites
  • Access photos & files virtually anywhere with SkyDrive built-in
  • Search, browse, and share more securely and quickly

What's new with Windows 8.1


Windows 8.1
Outlook Email and Multitask
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Windows 8.1
Store
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Video Editing
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Windows 8.1
Photo App
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Windows 8.1
OneNote and Familiar Desktop
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Windows 8.1
Search
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It Plays as Hard as it Works

Windows 8.1 gives you the power to quickly browse, watch movies, play games, polish your resume, and pull together a killer presentation - all on a single PC. Now you can organize up to three apps on your screen at once in a single view.

The Start Screen

Personalize your Start screen with your favorite news, friends, social networks, and apps. Customizable colors and backgrounds and four different sizes of tiles make your device as unique as you are.

The Apps you Want

In addition to great built-in apps for email, people, photos and video editing - you can also download thousands of popular apps from the Windows Store, including Netflix, ESPN, Skype and Halo: Spartan Assault.

Security

Stay up to date and more secure with Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, and Windows Update.

Speed

Windows 8.1 starts up faster, switches between apps faster, and uses power more efficiently than previous versions of Windows, including Windows 7.

Your Familiar Desktop

From the Start screen, you are just a click away from the familiar Windows desktop you know so you can do the stuff you've always done.



Multitasking Made Easy

It's easy to do more at once. Snap multiple apps side by side in a single view for easy multitasking.

Mouse, Keyboard-and now Touch

Windows 8.1 works harmoniously with various types of devices, including touch, mouse-and-keyboard, or both. Whatever kind of device you have, you'll discover fast and fluid ways to switch between apps, move things around, and go smoothly from one place to another.

Your files, Everywhere

Stay connected to your photos and important files and access them on your phone, tablet or PC with SkyDrive. By signing in with your Microsoft account to any of your PCs running Windows 8.1 and you'll immediately see your own background, display preferences, and settings.

You Keep all your Files

If your PC is running Windows 7, your files, apps and settings will easily transfer to Windows 8.1.

You Keep Familiar Programs

Programs that run on Windows 7 will run on Windows 8.1.

Your Office. Your Way.

Experience Office at its best on Windows 8 devices. Discover new and better ways to create, edit, and browse-using a keyboard, pen, or touchscreen. Don't forget: Office is not part of Windows 8.

Some features require Windows 8.1. Update available through Windows store for Windows 8 users. Internet access required; fees may apply. Don't forget, Office isn't included in Windows 8.



The New Windows

Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 Pro Pro Pack
Your PC is currently running: Windows 7, Windows 8 Windows 7, Windows 8 Windows 8, Windows 8.1
Great Apps built in such as Mail, Calendar, Messaging, Photos, and SkyDrive with many more available at Windows Store. ? ? ?
Includes Internet Explorer 11 for fast, intuitive, touch-friendly browsing. ? ? ?
Keeps you up-to-date and more secure with Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, and Windows Update. ? ? ?
Works with new and existing Windows desktop software including the full Microsoft Office experience (Outlook, SharePoint Designer and more).* ? ? ?
Comes with Windows Media Player ? ? ?
Provides enhanced data protection using BitLocker technology to help keep your information secure.** ? ?
Enables you to connect to your PC when you're on the go with Remote Desktop Connection. ? ?
Connects to you corporate or school network with Domain Join. ? ?
Watch and record live TV with Windows Media Center.*** ?

System requirements

  • 1 GHz processor or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 20 GB available hard disk space
  • 1366 x 768 screen resolution
  • DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM driver
  • To use touch, you need a PC that supports multitouch
  • Internet access (fees may apply)
  • Microsoft account required for some features
  • Watching DVDs requires separate playback software
  • Windows Media Center license sold separately

* Refers to programs built for mouse and keyboard that run in the classic Windows desktop environment.

** Data is protected on Windows 8 PCs and removable drives using BitLocker and BitLocker to Go.

*** Requires a TV tuner.



Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
2.9 out of 5 stars (538 customer reviews)
538 Reviews
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3 star:
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288 of 325 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Better than Windows 8, still not better than Windows 7., October 18, 2013
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D. Hentze (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - Full Version (Software)
Last year, I made the mistake of upgrading my Windows 7 Desktop System to Windows 8. I've been running Windows 8.1 since the Preview version that came out a few months ago, and the official release version that came out this week. While Windows 8.1 does make some improvements to Windows 8, it is still is not an O/S that is desktop friendly. On the positive side, you can now boot directly to your desktop without using a 3rd party utility, and the "Start Button" is back (sorta). On the negative side, Microsoft has still left out the "Media Center", and still charges a ridiculous $99 to purchase the "Pro-Pack" to regain the same functionality that was free in Windows 7(Home Premium). There is still lack of quality Windows 8 apps. Windows 8.1 does very little to improve navigation through the O/S if you're using a mouse/keyboard, and not a touchscreen. At least Microsoft did not attempt to charge Windows 8 users to upgrade.

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246 of 306 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars The worst, March 17, 2014
This review is from: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - Full Version (Software)
What makes Windows 8 such a disaster? Simple--it's an interface designed for a smartphone, not for a PC. Here's what that means. When you power on your PC, what you get instead of a normal Windows desktop is a brightly colored screen with a bunch of "tiles", most of which are advertisements for "apps" that you have little or no use for. There's no start button, no taskbar, no tools, no menus, no links to anything except the useless "apps". It's a huge step backward to the pre-Windows days of computing.

It turns out that if you hover your mouse pointer over certain parts of the screen, various cryptic flyout symbols (instead of easily understood menus) will appear. If you click on these symbols (and don't let your pointer slip off of them or they disappear and you have to go fishing for them again) you're taken into a confusing maze of options that substitute for normal Windows functions and must be explored in linear, sequential fashion. Sound familiar? It's like a smart... Read more
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36 of 43 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars A terrible program for the desktop, May 23, 2014
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This review is from: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - Full Version (Software)
Purchased a new computer with Windows 8.0 Wanted to upgrade from an older version of Windows and was familiar with Windows 7. Thought Windows 8 would be an upgraded version of Windows 7. BIG mistake as it has made me hate Microsoft - The Windows 8 program quickly defaults to Microsoft solutions. Wanted to search in Google - you get Bing. Want to run a DVD - you get Microsoft X-Box. Want to read email - you get Microsoft Mail -
You can not see your programs - they have to installed as Tiles. If you like to use the keyboard and mouse - you will quickly grow to hate the Windows 8 or 8.1 Format - as it expects you to treat you computer like a tablet.

Ugly program Microsoft. You could do better for us customers - Listen and stop being so pig headed - We don't mind you trying to gain market share - but not without satisfying us as customers.
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