Microsoft: Windows Blue to be named Windows 8.1, will be free

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Microsoft's Tami Reller is in Boston today speaking at the JP Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom Conference and she has announced that there are now more than 70,000 apps in the Windows Store.

In addition, Windows Blue is officially named Windows 8.1 and it will be a free update and come from the Windows Store in addition the 8.1 update will be coming to Windows RT as well. This should appease many who thought that the update may be a paid upgrade but all of those rumors can be put to bed as the update will be free.

Reller also stated that the update will arrive by the end of the calendar year. If Windows 8.1 follows the same schedule as Windows 8, the platform will likely hit RTM in the August timeframe and will be released to the general public around late October.

In addition to final releases, Microsoft also stated that the public preview of the build will be released the first day of its BUILD conference on June 26th.

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PoonPosted:

TopNotchKiNG
C00KIEZZZ
Vlif
Requirement No one really like windows 8, so why update it?


they are obviously updating it so it wont suck.


well they will have to have done alot of work i use windows 7 cause i dual booted win 7 and 8 the other day and windows 8 is just absolutley terrible, its so confusing and complicated to work with


No it's not. It's the easiest, simpliest, & fastest IS out there. Windows 8 does not use your cpu, it uses your gpu as nd ram instead


yeah windows 8 is extremely easy to use :s i don't see why you think its complicated

TopNotchKiNGPosted:

C00KIEZZZ
Vlif
Requirement No one really like windows 8, so why update it?


they are obviously updating it so it wont suck.


well they will have to have done alot of work i use windows 7 cause i dual booted win 7 and 8 the other day and windows 8 is just absolutley terrible, its so confusing and complicated to work with


No it's not. It's the easiest, simpliest, & fastest IS out there. Windows 8 does not use your cpu, it uses your gpu as nd ram instead

-TamPosted:

what will this do ?

GossipPosted:

Whats this update do ?

ExoticWolfsPosted:

Requirement No one really like windows 8, so why update it?


People like if, if they didn't then it wouldn't be getting updated. Also it is free so it doesn't hurt anyone.

C00KIEZZZPosted:

Vlif
Requirement No one really like windows 8, so why update it?


they are obviously updating it so it wont suck.


well they will have to have done alot of work i use windows 7 cause i dual booted win 7 and 8 the other day and windows 8 is just absolutley terrible, its so confusing and complicated to work with

PoonPosted:

Requirement No one really like windows 8, so why update it?


they are obviously updating it so it wont suck.

temtamPosted:

Requirement No one really like windows 8, so why update it?


If something sucks, wouldn't you want to update it and try to make it better?

RequirementPosted:

No one really like windows 8, so why update it?

Rainbow_DashPosted:

Cheating_Joker From what I have heard from many of my friends is that Windows 8 is pointless just like Vista was :/


At least Windows 8 works; it's very useless for desktops but works well enough on tablets, and the Surface is a prime example of that.

I haven't seen Microsoft offering upgrades from Windows 8 to Windows 7, like they did with Vista to XP.


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