Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Microsoft Announces Windows 8.1 With Bing To Sell Cheaper Devices

Posted by Soulskill on from the borrowing-from-amazon's-playbook dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft today confirmed the rumors of a new edition of its latest operating system by unveiling Windows 8.1 with Bing. The company says the main purpose of the new SKU is to allow its hardware partners to sell lower-cost Windows devices; the first ones with the new edition will be announced next month at Computex in Tapei. Windows 8.1 with Bing is exactly like Windows 8.1 with the recently released Windows 8.1 Update, with one major difference: Bing is set as the default search engine in Internet Explorer. Users can still change that option in IE's search engine settings, but OEMs do not have that luxury."

3 of 124 comments (clear)

  1. Re:So.... by symbolset · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Or install Linux, now without the Microsoft tax.

    --
    Help stamp out iliturcy.
  2. Bing == FAIL! by whoever57 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I tried the "Bing it On" website when it was being heavily advertised on TV. Guess what: the Bing results failed to load (server problems). Utter failure.

    --
    The real "Libtards" are the Libertarians!
  3. I'll name some names by tepples · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Do iTunes for Windows and Titanfall for Windows work perfectly on Linux yet?