Windows 8.1: Now with less suck!

[Soleron]

burninmylight said:

Soleron said:

ALL of this list is available on Windows 7 right now. Every item except the "Store".

Start Button - check
Boot To Desktop - check
Start Menu Functionality - check
Window Resizing - check
Global Search - check
Skydrive - check
IE11 - check
Mail not sucking - check

IE 11 is available for W7 right now, but not for W8? You sure about that? I highly doubt Microsoft would make the browser available for the OS it wants you to transition away from rather than the one it's pushing you toward.

Also, "snapping" different app/sprograms has some ease-of-use and productivity advantages over simply resizing them. As it is in W8 right now, you can only snap two programs in a 70/30 screen split, which isn't very functional in many cases. The updates will allow you to change the ratio to suit your needs, making it exponentially more useful.

Skydrive will also become a bit more robust with W8.1. The guy goes into a little more detail in his article; I just gave you the Cliff Notes version.

Does it justify the price of Windows 8 to anyone who didn't think Windows 8 was worth the money before?

I don't understand why they expect us to be excited about things we already have that should have been in it.