Microsoft Windows 8.1 All In One (AIO) offers new features under the hood to make it the fastest, most secure, and easiest to manage Microsoft operating system for desktop, laptop, or tablet. A prerelease version is available now for you to try. Windows 8 delivers experiences users want, offers new possibilities for mobile productivity, and provides IT with a more secure, easy-to-manage infrastructure. Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 include enhancements in personalization, search, apps, the Windows Store, and cloud connectivity, and have the security and reliability features you expect from Windows. They’re fast, and made to work on a variety of form factors – especially the new generation of touch devices. Windows 8.1 is built for faster, more mobile PCs. With leading design and a better Windows Store, you can build apps and your business faster with Windows.
Windows 8.1 – a free update to Windows 8 coming later this year.
Search once. Go anywhere:
A single search now brings you results from your PC, your apps, and the web. See results in a clean, graphic view that lets you take immediate action and launch apps. Search, click, do. Find a song and start playing it, or find a video and watch it right away. Powered by Bing.
More apps to love:
You’ll notice that the Windows Store has a new look which makes it easier to discover and download new apps. And the apps that are included with Windows 8.1 let you do a bunch of cool things. For example, with Reading List you can save articles and stories across apps and devices, and the updated Photos app gives you fast and fun editing.
Make it yours:
Set up a slide show on your lock screen by picking your favorite pictures. Arrange the stuff on your Start screen so it’s just the way you want it. Choose from more tile sizes, more colors, and more backgrounds – including animated backgrounds.
Built–in cloud storage:
SkyDrive is now the default location for saving documents. So you always have your files wherever you go, even when you’re offline. And with the included SkyDrive app, you can manage both local files and SkyDrive files in one place.
Fast, full-screen browsing:
When you get Windows 8.1, you also get to check out the new Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer 11 is built for touch, with faster load times, a full-screen experience that includes side-by-side browsing of your sites, and real-time info delivered on your Start screen through live tiles for your favorite sites.
Windows 8.1 (AIO) should be installed on a test machine. Following the AIO period, it is not possible to upgrade to a licensed working version of Windows 8.1 Enterprise. Personal data will be kept on your test computer, but the Windows OS and your applications will need to be reinstalled when moving from the AIO to production bits.
