Windows 8.1 RTM Trickling Out, With Start Menu and Boot-to-Desktop

Posted by timothy on Sunday August 25, 2013 @02:32AM from the year-of-the-windows-desktop dept.

poofmeisterp writes "It's about time. Windows 8.1 will be released to end users in October, and RTM is being released now: 'Windows 8.1, codenamed "Blue," is introducing a number of changes designed to make the new operating system more palatable to current Windows users. Windows 8.1 is adding a Start Button, a boot-straight-to-desktop option; the ability to unpin all Metro apps; built-in tutorials; an improved Windows Store and a host of other consumer- and business-focused features. Microsoft launched its one and only Windows 8.1 consumer preview test build in late June.'"

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Re:Still missing an option.. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-25 05:26 · Score: 0, Troll

Windows 8 has windows that act the exact same way as Windows 7. It also has the added bonus of being able to place metro apps side by side, including the desktop. The fact that you didn't know this shows that you are completely clueless and should stop talking.