Windows 8.1 overtakes Windows 8 in desktop OS arena

To bad you made up something I’m not doing, if you have 8. update to 8.1.

I don’t care what your favorite OSs are, and I haven’t said anything 8.1 other than plenty of us like it, I do, I went from XP to 8.1 and like it and I don’t care if you do or not.

I do suggest that if you have 8, then update to 8.1, if you have some tweaks you want to make, and don’t know how, then google them.

See, that’s easy, someone determined to not update from 8 to 8.1 while complaining about 8, or someone who complains about “corners” and then clearly doesn’t care to know how to change the setting, has more going on than just a computer issue.

I’m calling BS on this as there is no simple upgrade path from XP to 8.1 without completely wiping the drive. Noice try smart a$$

Gee, that was brilliant, my only other computer I ever bought still has XP on it, this new cheap laptop, my second computer purchase, came with 8.1.

Thanks for the input folks!

you suggested you UPGRADED from XP to 8.1 on the same computer. You never said on two different machines. THAT’S a HUGE reason people wouldn’t want to go with 8.0 or 8.1 if they have a newer computer and it currently has XP on it. No one wants the hassle of having to spend a day or 2 (that’s if everything goes smooth without problms) re-installing/reconfiguring the OS and programs.

Apparently you don't read responses you are responding to. I specifically said I upgraded from 9.0 to 8.1 and from that point on I have problems and it's not a simple "google the problem to get your answer" situation.

Basically 8.1 is so great not all manufacturers or Microsoft itself hasn't made update to drivers.

Hell, now with 8.1 I get routine graphics card crashes and I lose my browser and it wipes out all my open tabs. I never once had a crash with 8.0.

Now my airplane mode F5 + FN shortcut no longer works and the Lenovo Energy Management no longer works in 8.1.

No, I was describing what I was posting on the thread, I was not telling you what you were saying.

I had read your post and you was correcting you about what I had been posting.

I don’t care about your computer problems, they don’t interest me.

to continue my post from 105, I meant I upgraded from 8.0 to 8.1 not 9.0.

Also the 8.1 problems have been occurring with no solution since October of 2013 and it is 8 months later with no sign of it being resolved and this is with several phone contacts to Lenovo and posting the problems on message boards and seeing other people experiencing the same problems.

Just because you like the Charms bar or whatever doesn't mean everyone else will. And the "google to get rid of charms bar" is not a complete answer as you still need to re-install a touch pad driver (in my case it is synaptic) and early on it wasn't able to turn off touch swipe an earlier version had that feature but it wasn't compatible with 8.1. Also it doesn't fully disable the charms bar from popping up if you point the cursor to the top right of the screen. Also, I had to utilize further means by settings within Classic Shell to disable the charms bar. This was all not just a simple type in to Google to find the answer. I find your condescending and demeaning tone repulsive.

Just read the post, it would sure save time. I DIDN’T suggest that I installed a new operating system on a computer, I said that “I” went directly from XP to 8.1, and that I have no complaints.

To: mountainlion
Lot’s of us say we like 8.1.
I went straight from XP to 8.1 and have no complaints, I like it better.
36 posted on 6/3/2014 3:52:16 PM by ansel12

Just because you like the Charms bar or whatever doesn't mean everyone else will. And the "google to get rid of charms bar" is not a complete answer as you still need to re-install a touch pad driver (in my case it is synaptic) and early on it wasn't able to turn off touch swipe an earlier version had that feature but it wasn't compatible with 8.1. Also it doesn't fully disable the charms bar from popping up if you point the cursor to the top right of the screen. Also, I had to utilize further means by settings within Classic Shell to disable the charms bar. This was all not just a simple type in to Google to find the answer. I find your condescending and demeaning tone repulsive.

Good Lord man, I don't care, I don't even know what a "charms bar" is and I never mentioned it, why are you obsessing on me and telling me all your computer issues?

I did my personal tweaks within the first couple of days and have no idea what all that stuff you are posting is about.

Actually that is poor wording on your part as saying “I went directly from XP to 8.1 does imply it was an OS re-installation not that you bought a second computer with a different OS on it. You should have mentioned you bought a second computer. Leaving that out was your first mistake.

So how do you know there are no problems with 8.1 when you don't even understand what I am talking about. It sounds like you are a NOOB and a 8.1 fanboy. Funny thing is if I were ignorant about what I am trying to promote I wouldn't be so overly aggressive about it until I was sure I knew what the F I was talking about. HINT TO ANSELL: KNOW WHAT THE F YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE POSTING CRAP ON FREE REPUBLIC

LOL, your jumping to conclusions and misreading everything is not my problem, my problem seems to be that are obsessed with me.

You are chewing up real estate with post after post, after post to me, about nothing for no reason.

So how do you know there are no problems with 8.1

Since you just keep making up things in your frothy rage, I would like for you to show me my quote on that.

You said in countless posts to others and myself that if you have problems with 8.1 then you must be stupid if you cant google the issue to find out the solution. That’s great if it were only that easy in 100% of the cases but it’s not but in your admittedly ignorant mind, you just don’t care, even when someone just proved you wrong and made you look like a fool.

You said in countless posts to others and myself that if you have problems with 8.1 then you must be stupid if you cant google the issue to find out the solution.

"Countless Posts", funny you can't show me the quote for this new made up claim, nor any claims so far, and as far as "countless", each individual post is numbered and has the name of the poster, and there aren't even a 120 posts on this thread yet, so the times could be counted, in fact I count zero times that I said that.

With a name like mountainlion, I’m curious if you’re trolling?

Windows 8.1 is practically a requirement by Microsoft now. It fixes a LOT of the issues from 8.

I’m using 8.1.1 on my home machine and work laptop, and I’m growing fond of it. It’s very easy to create shortcuts for complex tasks, and being a PowerShell nerd, I love that I can script things like event log dumps and WMI data pulls.

Upgrade to 8.1. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.

Thanks for that tip! This will prove useful with my limited data plan when I travel and have to tether my laptop to the phone.

I have been dealing with computers for 40 years. I have been through FORTRAN, FORTRAN 77,machine language, Basic, Lenix Basic, Windows 3.0... , Windows 95,98, XP, Vista and now 8 and 8.1 and now you say 8.11. Luckily I missed the ones in between. Are they ever going to get it right? Younger persons using the latest cell phones are used to it and have no problems. I am tired of the changes which I see as nothing more than marketing gemmics to sell products.

I didn’t have a reason to upgrade to Windows 8.0 but I sure wasn’t looking for one with all of the negative comments, mainly from Freepers. I thought Windows 8.0 was the devil without ever using.

Well I bought a new laptop with Windows 8.0, hated the Metro interface, installed Classic Shell, made a few tweaks to the settings and for the life of me I cannot understand the constant crying about Windows 8.x. I go back and forth between 7 to 8.x without any issues. I don’t think I’ve seen the tiles since day 3 of having Windows 8.0. I’ve upgraded to 8.1 and 8.1.1 without any issues.