windows 8.1

mlts22 wrote:

camperforlife wrote:
Don't download from a pop up, go direct to Microsoft. I have come to love 8.1 and would not go back. I have to refer to a lot of schematics when working and being able to put one up on my 27" screen then pinch or zoom where I need it is great. I do my accounting on the same machine and the keyboard function is as comfortable as the touch screen. For me the combination of touch or keyboard is perfect and the Win 8 learning curve was short.

I'd be afraid of downloading something from a pop-up. Just the presence of a pop-up can mean potential compromise. Windows 8.1 is downloadable from MS fairly easy, and is a no charge upgrade from 8.0 (AFAIK.)

I like Windows 8.1 because of the added security features, as well as the disk deduplication (if I have ten copies of the same file from different dates, Windows will store one copy of the data that is the same, and have pointers for the rest of the stuff.) Plus, BitLocker works on all hardware (no need for a TPM.)

Of course, the UI changes take some getting used to, and this is a quite subjective thing.