FEATURES

• 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

Get the best of work and play with the new Windows

With the new Windows, you can do more. You have more entertainment, more games, more ways to get stuff done, more ways to search, browse, and connect with the people you care about. You can entertain with Xbox, connect with Skype, work with the full power of Office, and search for something while browsing the web or finding your next favorite app in the Windows Store. And you can make Windows uniquely yours by personalizing your Start screen with Live Tiles, your own photos and the people, apps and sites that matter most.

Windows 8.1 brings together everything you do - from mobile apps for your business, to Office productivity work, to searching and browsing, to accessing all your data from anywhere.

Your Windows experience works across all your devices - from the best business tablet, to a thin and light notebook, to your high-performance workstation or all-in-one, whether you are at home, in or around the office, or working on the road.

And Windows takes care of the essentials - letting you manage personal devices in your organization, utilize your investments in your enterprise infrastructure, and enhancing the security of your environment.

Search once. Go anywhere.
A single search now brings you results from your PC, your apps, and the web. See results in a clean, graphic view that lets you take immediate action and launch apps. Search, click, do. Find a song and start playing it, or find a video and watch it right away. Powered by Bing.

More apps to love
You'll notice that the Windows Store has a new look which makes it easier to discover and download new apps. And the apps that are included with Windows 8.1 let you do a bunch of cool things. For example, with Reading List you can save articles and stories across apps and devices, and the updated Photos app gives you fast and fun editing.

Make it yours
Set up a slide show on your lock screen by picking your favorite pictures. Arrange the stuff on your Start screen so it's just the way you want it. Choose from more tile sizes, more colors, and more backgrounds--including animated backgrounds.

Built-in cloud storage
SkyDrive is now the default location for saving documents. So you always have your files wherever you go, even when you're offline. And with the included SkyDrive app, you can manage both local files and SkyDrive files in one place.

Fast, full-screen browsing
When you get Windows 8.1, you also get to check out the new Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer 11 Preview is built for touch, with faster load times, a full-screen experience that includes side-by-side browsing of your sites, and real-time info delivered on your Start screen through live tiles for your favorite sites.

SPECIFICATIONS

• 1 GHz processor or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2
• 2 GB RAM
• 20 GB available hard disk space
• 1366 x 768 screen resolution
• DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM driver
• To use touch, you need a PC that supports multitouch
• Internet access (fees may apply)
• Microsoft account required for some features
• Watching DVDs requires separate playback software
• Windows Media Center license sold separately