Microsoft windows 8.1 has been
released on 17th October Thursday and now available for downloading.
It is recommended to upgrade Windows 8
to Windows 8.1 as Microsoft announced Windows 8 keys will not work on Windows
8.1 fresh installation. It will save your money for purchasing new key for
Windows 8.1 installation. So if you have installed Windows 8.1 preview you need
to re-install widows 8 for upgrading.
Windows 8.1 has done many improvements. You can boot directly to your desktop as previous version of windows or Metro UI as windows 8, it has been kept selective by user. In windows 8 we had to select colour for display while installing and were not able to change it later but it’s now possible with windows 8.1. Now we can create group for applications in Metro UI and name them so that we can access them easily. It has improved version of Bing search, Xbox, Sky drive and latest version of Internet Explorer. It displays search results from computer and internet at a glance which make easier to search.
Requirements for Windows 8.1:
Processor: 1 GHz or higher with
NX, SSE and PAE
RAM: 1 GB for 32 bit and 2 GB for
64 bit
Hard disk space: 20 GB
Screen resolution: 1024 x 768
DirectX 9 Graphics
Check out full system
requirements: Windows8.1 system requirements – Microsoft Windows
Windows 8.1 is available for free
for windows 8 users. It can be easily downloaded from Windows App Store. You
can get the links from Microsoft Website [ After releasing Windows 10, this link is redirected to Windows 10 download link] if you are having problem directly go here. Users using windows 7 or
vita will have pay charge for windows 8.1: $120 for Windows 8.1 standard
version and $200 for Windows 8.1 Pro version.
You can download Windows 8 and 8.1 installer using tool available on Microsoft's official website.
Updated: 22 December 2016
You can download Windows 8 and 8.1 installer using tool available on Microsoft's official website.
Updated: 22 December 2016