Microsoft Posts 'First Look at Windows 8.1' [Video]

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Posted June 5, 2013 at 4:18pm by Shalom Levytam

Microsoft has posted the first video look at the upcoming Windows 8.1 operating system.

Jensen Harris from the Windows Team shows some highlights of what to expect in Windows 8.1 coming later this year as a free update for Windows 8 customers.

Take a look below. More details about Windows 8.1 can be found here.

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Jacky - June 6, 2013 at 4:26am

Is it FREE?

XAppleFan - June 5, 2013 at 10:49pm

This is awesome. If Apple released a fraction of these features, all the fanboys would be going crazy. My house is now modern!

Brendan Simpson - June 5, 2013 at 5:07pm

This is pretty neat. I'm really excited to see what happens here with a final release.

Lee Swain - June 5, 2013 at 4:55pm

Oh and for those that REALLY just want the old start menu back. Just install Classic Shell, it's free, takes 2 minutes and Win8 will act EXACTLY like Win7 with it installed!

Lee Swain - June 5, 2013 at 4:54pm

Looks great. Putting the start button back was smart, clicking in the bottom left of the screen was too confusing for the layman, they need to see the button. And even for those that knew it was there, it was still less pleasant than a nice big button. The new start screen (metro) is awesome IMO, people need to give it a chance and stop acting like the ugly old menu was special. Metro does everything the old did only with a nicer UI. The only issues I think Win8 has is the confusing nature of the missing start button and the fact that Shut Down/Restart was hidden away so that casual users could not fins it easily. I paid attention during the welcome screen though so I had no problems with either. But hopefully 8.1 will remedy these issues for many.

schiwe - June 5, 2013 at 4:27pm

Where is the start menu ?

Lee - June 5, 2013 at 4:41pm

Exactly, where is the simple necessary stuff like the start button? Give us what we need instead of what we don't.

zeussilva - June 5, 2013 at 4:52pm

See 2:12 in the video at the bottom left there is the start button.

schiwe - June 5, 2013 at 4:54pm

Start button is NOT a START MENU !

BenHarting - June 5, 2013 at 10:53pm

Why can't people see the obvious? The big tiled interface IS the Start Menu. Everything listed under the start menu shows up in the tiled interface. I know it's a pain when using a mouse (so I don't recommend any of my friends and family to purchase Windows 8 unless they get a touch screen), but with the touchscreen, Windows 8 rocks and feels so modern. Using a combination of mouse and touch is pretty slick. Just don't go 100% mouse or touchscreen unless you want to pull your hair out!

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