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Microsoft Announces Windows 8.1 With Bing To Sell Cheaper Devices
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."
install the browser of choice and this only means you got a copy of 8.1 that was a bit cheaper without any real difference? Gotcha, besides not like the majority of computer users are still using IE so in truth this would only matter to the small perce=nt of users who both don't download a different browser or know/care to change the default search engine.
Google just cannot compare to Bing. I'm a rabid, frothing Binger for one reason: There is nothing that Bing cannot find! Bing found a cure for my uncle's cancer. Bing found the answer to all well-known unsolved math problems. Wherever you go, people prefer Bing over Google.
Don't believe me? Bing it on, you insignificant insect! Luddites such as you are unwelcome in the 21st century!
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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!
well, there's bing, IE 11, widows 8.1 and bing, that's not got much bing in it
Can you upgrade it (for free) to Win 7 and Seamonkey?
You'd have to pay me a lot to use Win 8.x
Sounds like their fishing for another round of EU antitrust proceedings.
Two of my imaginary friends reproduced once
I religiously visit bing for about 5 minutes daily, to get my points and see which celebrity is diddling which one or who had a fight with whom. Other than that, it might not as well exist. I am still unable to find something that can replace google. Tried duckduckgo but tomorrow, I am going back to google. Results are abysmal at best.
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The more I know people, the more I love animals
All I get is "This feature isn't available yet in your country or region"
Bing wasn't their default search engine already?
(I guess even they like google better!!)
Also, why is there no lower-cost upgrade path for Windows XP users? "Got a Windows XP license? Here's Windows 8.1 for 50% off" or something.
Many Windows XP users are still using it because the alternative is Window 8.
Just as Internet Explorer is "program for downloading Firefox", Bing is "web site for searching for Firefox". Use Bing in IE once to find Firefox. Then you can install Firefox without the Bing.
Or s/Firefox/Chrome/g in the above if that's your cup of tea. Personally, I'll have the egg, sausage, and bacon with a Diet Mtn Dew.
Do iTunes for Windows and Titanfall for Windows work perfectly on Linux yet?