I'm hearing that it's impossible to upgrade to 8.1 on this laptop. True?
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It did take a couple of tries for me to get it to upgrade but then it went through no problem. It may have been me as the laptop was only a few days old at the time and I was still getting used to it.
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It is not true. I just successfully upgraded to windows 8.1 To upgrade you must first go to windows update and check for update. Download update. Install all update. Then you can upgrade to 8.1. Without taking these steps you won't be able to upgrade.
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It'll run 8.1 just fine. My only recommendation is to wait for windows 10... :)
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When I bought it several months ago Windows 8.1 was not available. I'm fairly sure 8.1 is there now if you purchase this machine.
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Mine came with 8.0 so I had to download 8.1. Perhaps they have upgraded this model since December when I purchased. Call Dell?
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To upgrade Windows 8.1 it isn't necessary to update BIOS. However, vendor recommends up to date BIOS if you have possibility or time to do it.
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Mine said it was upgradeable to 8. If seller is cravingsavings, email them they were v helpful
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Yes, of course. Anyone with windows 8 can update to 8.1 for free. I love that.
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When I originally received this laptop in the September of last year, it came pre-loaded with Windows 8. I do not know if models that are presently shipping out come with Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 [as Windows 8.1 came out in the October of 2013]. Under the Product Information -> Technical Details amazon page for this device, it states that the Operating System is 'Windows 8' so that may be your answer right there. Seeing as Windows 8.1 hasn't been a forced update, as of right now I am prety sure you'll just get the vanilla Windows 8 OS that you can upgrade at will. Hope this helped.
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Mine came with 8.0 around Thanksgiving. Then I automatically got offered 8.1
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Mine came with 8, with a free upgrade. The current batch may well ship with 8.1 since it is now out.
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yes however install all 8.0 updates prior to downloading 8.1, as there are over a 120 plus updates i downloaded 20 at a time or the tablet will lock up. doesn't take long,
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I have not had any issues with this laptop. Therefore I have not tried to upgrade it.
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The download works. I can't say the same for 8.1. But the download will run as well as anything can on that version of Windows.
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What I had to do to update to 8.1, was to update the 8.0 to its newest updates first. Only then did the 8.1 version become available in the store.
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You're not providing complete information. It's impossible for me to answer this question. What program exactly is telling you to "enable" Windows 8? Better yet, why on earth did you leave garbage like Windows 8 installed on this lovely laptop? ;) If you can give me some actual context, I might be able to help you more. Off the top of my head, it may be the deadline to update from 8 to 8.1 - but I don't use Windows 8 so I can't really confirm that. I need complete information.
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When the 8.1 is released - it will be automatically updated in the laptop or a prompt for the user to accept / initiate the upgrade will pop up. No other action needed by the user.
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Yes you can and yes it is! About three days after I was using it, I began receiving a message from Windows that I could upgrade to 8.1. I did but I'd be careful if I were you - my Brother LC61 does not function like it used to even though I uploaded new drivers from their website. Brother says its not their problem, Microsoft said they could fix it for $149!!!