can you upgrade to windows 8.1
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Yes, you update accessing the Windows Store. Don't try updating in the Windows Updates, the first time that I started updating, among the following updates, there was a update that made my Windows incompatible to update to windows 8.1. I had to spend sometime to find out how to fix. If you buy this laptop on first is better you update to 8.1
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I was not able to at first. I kept getting a message that I needed to sign in as an administrator. Then Windows 8 made some changes and then I was able to upgrade to 8.1. I don't know what their techs did but it did make it possible to upgrade.
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No. It comes with Windows 8.0 installed. You can download the upgrade to 8.1 from the Windows store.
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Here's a link to the page. Make sure you click on Windows 8, not 8.1. You can upgrade to 8.1 later in Windows Store. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/upgrade-product-key-only
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Windows 8.1; even if it was Windows 8, you get free upgrades to the latest Windows 8.x
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Yes, then you can update it to Windows 8.1 It is a little complicated to use but I love it!
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Windows 8 - You should upgrade online with Microsoft to Windows 8.1.It is free and worth the change. Both will be pretty different from any previous version of Windows but nice once you are accustomed.
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I think you can do that. But the Windows 8.1 require a flash drive with 24 GB memory.
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The short answer is yes. You could upgrade to windows 8 Pro, and then use windows to downgrade, or you can reformat your hard drive and install from disk. The real question is why would you do it? The downgrade option is more for businesses that are not able to upgrade at the same time. Remember when windows 7 came out and people wanted to rush back to Vista, and Vista to XP, and XP to 95. I don't think that anyone tried to get back to 3.1.
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Yes. Also when you set up your account with Microsoft you can upgrade to 8.1 free
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Window 8 then there is a free 3 hour upgrade to Win 8.1. It works way better and has better shortcuts to apps and system functions. Hope that helped.
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The same physical computer can be purchased with Windows 8 pre-installed. It's model DS01, instead of DS02 or DS03. So the answer is obviously yes, but I do not know if it is easy to install 8 from scratch. As for 8.1, it's my uderstanding that you would upgrade from 8.
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Yes, I have Windows 8.1 and just installed it. Works great and easy to install.
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Windows 8.0. It allows you to update to Windows 8.1 about 3 wks after purchase.
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For this product, the Pro upgrade, the description says "Windows 8.1 Pro pack will not work if your current OS is older than Windows 8.1. You must be running Windows 8.1 "Core" to use the Windows 8.1 Pro Pack upgrade."
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yes and it comes with Windows 8 Cd's so you could upgrade. But a friend of mine told me Windows 8 isn't doing well right now, so don't use the cd yet. Until they fix their issues
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No, Win 8.1 pro, both 32 and 64 bit, comes in a full upgrade version and will upgrade a previous version of Windows. If you just upgrading to pro, then you need 8.1 installed before you can upgrade the license to pro. See the other answers to upgrade a win 8 to 8.1 (non Pro) for free, but you will still need to get a new pro upgrade license to make it a full 8.1 Pro.
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Windows 8, it can be updated to Win 8.1 through the App Store in windows 8.