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The New Windows Discover new ways to work and play with Windows 8.1. Buy a new Touch Device and still work with Mouse, keyboard, and familiar programs like you always have, programs that work on Windows 7 work on Windows 8.1. With apps from the Windows Store, and new ways to tap, swipe, and zoom around, Windows 8.1 gives you a world of touchscreen entertainment,

Features of Windows 8.1 Make it yours Start Screen Photos, news from friends, your favourite apps and sites, put what's most important to you on your Start screen. Choose your colours and move stuff around until it's just the way you like it Make it yours Tiles Photos, news from friends, your favourite apps and sites, put what's most important to you on your Start screen. Choose your colours and move stuff around until it's just the way you like it

Make it yours Personal Lock Screen Your lock screen displays a slide show of your favourite photos. Plus, you can answer Skype calls, and take photos before you even unlock your PC. Make it yours Picture Password Photos, news from friends, your favourite apps and sites, put what's most important to you on your Start screen. Choose your colours and move stuff around until it's just the way you like it

Multitask with apps Windows 8.1 lets you work the way you want. Move easily from one thing to another by multitasking on any Windows PC or tablet. Pull up a Wikipedia article to settle a debate with the friend you're on Skype with. Or play a music video while polishing your resume. Depending on your screen size, you can see up to four apps at once.

Search once, go anywhere Bing Smart Search gives you results from your PC, your apps, and the web. Results are in a clean, graphic view so you can quickly get to what you're looking for. (Certain features unavailable in some regions.)

Your Windows, everywhere It goes where you go. Use your Microsoft account to sign in to any of your devices running Windows 8.1, and you'll see the same layout, apps, and settings. Signing in with your Microsoft Account (which is simply an email address and password of your choice) also gives you access to a world of apps from the Windows Store, and lets you save, view, and edit your documents and photos online with OneDrive.

OneDrive It goes where you go. Use your Microsoft account to sign in to any of your devices running Windows 8.1, and you'll see the same layout, apps, and settings. Signing in with your Microsoft Account (which is simply an email address and password of your choice) also gives you access to a world of apps from the Windows Store, and lets you save, view, and edit your documents and photos online with OneDrive.

Windows Store Load up on apps Open the Windows Store right from your Start screen to browse and download apps for cooking, photos, sports, news, and a lot more—many of them free. Sort by price, rating, and category. Find old favourites and hot new apps.

Windows Tablets: so much more Form factors and price points Sizes, form factors, accessories Only big or small Variety of Offerings, but mostly cheap and brands from many OEMs and small ports and peripherals USB ports, broadest support High-priced proprietary dongles, Hit-or-miss support for each peripheral type and driver for peripherals cables and wireless Runs full Microsoft Office Office Home & Student 2013 3rd party imitators; or Office Companion or 3rd party imitators; or Office web-only experience Companion or web-only experience included* Personalized and alive Live tiles, lock screen Static grid of icons Static grid of icons with limited-function widgets Thousands of apps 100,000 Windows Store apps 600,000 apps 800,000 apps 700,000 Win32 apps (x86) Always up-to-date OS and app updates automatically OS and manual app updates OEM dependent Safer and more secure Anti-virus, anti-malware and more Secure App Store Google Play and privacy issues, and fast malware growth secure app store Enterprise grade security, managebility, Different dev environment for notebooks Different dev environment for Built for buisness unified app development and and tablets, less manageable notebooks and tablets, less deployment across PCs and tablets manageable

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