Windows 8.1, which Microsoft launched Thursday, is a feature-rich update that takes Windows 8 machines to a new level of utility. However, it doesn’t do much to address what many critics see as the fundamental problem with Microsoft’s approach to its new operating system: It tries — and fails, some say — to unite a touch-friendly UI with a machine originally created for a mouse and keyboard.
There’s some truth to this interpretation, and Microsoft didn’t do itself any favors with some poor decisions in the initial Windows 8 launch, such as removing the Start button. It’s corrected that particular mistake in Windows 8.1, and made the modern UI somewhat friendlier with some new gestures and different ways to view apps. Read more…
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