October 17, 2013
Windows updates arrives today with features users wanted

Janet Tu, The Seattle Times “Windows 8.1 arrives with a host of new features that address some of the biggest problems users had with Windows 8, which itself offered a radically different user interface than previous versions of Windows.”

October 17, 2013
Windows 8.1 review

Tom Warren, The Verge “Microsoft has achieved a lot within 12 months, even if a lot of the additions feels like they should have been there from the very start with Windows 8. The intelligent SkyDrive integration alongside a beautiful and powerful built-in search are the best examples of Microsoft’s quick work to improve Windows 8 with this 8.1 update. They also best demonstrate the company’s promise of a collaborative Microsoft that’s working together to improve Windows and other products.”

October 17, 2013
Windows 8.1 is here: Can it win over skeptical PC buyers?

Ed Bott, ZDNet “Last week, as I was preparing to write this article, I rolled back a few of those machines to their original installation, and returned to Windows 8 for a few days. That experience was enough to confirm for me that the changes in Windows 8.1 are substantial and go a long way toward overcoming the objections that early adopters had to Windows 8….for anyone who thought Windows 8 was basically a good idea, poorly executed, Windows 8.1 is worth a serious look.”