Best of work and play

Bring all the aspects of your life together— create, play, discover, connect, and work.

• Get to it all from the new Start screen, even your familiar desktop

• Discover popular and unique apps in the Windows Store

• Personalize with more tile sizes, colors, & backgrounds

• Do more with side by side views of apps and sites

• Access photos & files virtually anywhere with SkyDrive built-in

• Search, browse, and share more securely and quickly

• Protect your data by encrypting it with BitLocker

• Access one PC from another with Remote Desktop

• Connect to your company network with domain join

What’s new in Windows 8.1 ?

 It plays as hard as it work

Windows 8.1 gives you the power to quickly browse, watch movies, play games, polish your resume, and pull together a killer

presentation — all on a single PC. Now you can organize up to three apps on your screen at once in a single view.

The Start screen.

Personalize your Start screen with your favorite news, friends, social networks, and apps.

Customizable colors and backgrounds and four different sizes of tiles make your device as unique as you are.

The apps you want.

In addition to great built-in apps for email, people, photos and video editing – you can also download

thousands of popular apps from the Windows Store, including Netflix, ESPN, Skype and Halo: Spartan Assault.

Mouse, keyboard—and now touch.

Windows 8.1 works harmoniously with various types of devices, including touch, mouse-and-keyboard, or both.

Whatever kind of device you have, you'll discover fast and fluid ways to switch between apps, move things around, and go smoothly from one place to another.

Your files, everywhere.

Stay connected to your photos and important files and access them on your phone, tablet or PC with SkyDrive.

By signing in with your Microsoft account to any of your PCs running Windows 8.1 and you'll immediately see your own background, display preferences, and settings.

Your familiar desktop.

From the Start screen, you are just a click away from the familiar Windows desktop you know so you can do the stuff you’ve always done.

Multitasking made easy.

It’s easy to do up to four things at once. Snap multiple apps side by side in a single view for easy multitasking and enhanced productivity.

Security.

Stay up to date and more secure with Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, and Windows Update.

Speed.

Windows 8.1 starts up faster, switches between apps faster, and uses power more efficiently than previous versions of Windows, including Windows 7.

Enhanced data protection

Windows 8.1  offers enhanced data protection, the ability to access your desktop remotely and connectivity to your corporate or school networks via Domain join.

You keep all your files

If your PC is running Windows 7, your personal files will easily transfer to Windows 8.1 .

You keep familiar programs.

Programs that run on Windows 7 will run on Windows 8.1 .

Your Office. Your Way.

Experience Office at its best on Windows 8 devices. Discover new and better ways to create, edit, and browse—using

a keyboard, pen, or touchscreen. Don't forget: Office is not part of Windows 8.

Some features require Windows 8.1. Update available through Windows store for

Windows 8 users. Internet access required; fees may apply.

Don’t forget, Office isn’t included in Windows 8.