Windows 8.1 changes review

Many people from all over the world have been upset about the new Microsoft latest Windows 8. Microsoft had made some big decision to get rid of the old fashion start-up interface, and replace with the Metro GUI, the tiles like graphical start-up interface.

Metro start-up 

Last week, Microsoft released a preview version of Windows 8.1. The preview version is available now at Software Update, but bare in mind that this is only the "beta" version of its release.

The Changes:

1) Start Me Up

• return of the start-up button at bottom left corner in Desktop mode
• tap on the button brings to Metro UI 
• boot up your PC into traditional Desktop environment
• customize your group of icons, and give them a name you prefer
• re-size the App tiles, or unpin it from Start screen
• Personalization options under Settings for choosing background and colors
• Start screen and Desktop can now share same background
• Display up to 4 Apps in any windows at 1 time

And most importantly, by signing in Microsoft account, whatever settings you establish on your computer can follow you across other Windows devices, including phones and Xbox consoles. The stuff you save on a Windows 8.1 PC — pictures, documents and other files — can be stored on Microsoft's cloud-based SkyDrive.

2) Bing 

• Integrated with Bing's search engine
• you can just enter your search query from anywhere within the Metro UI start-up
• Awesome looking layout of your search results (Pictures, Videos)
• A link to Wikipedia entry 
• Detailed profile about search results (Wiki Bio)
• Allow search across all platform / windows
• Word documents
• PC files
• SkyDrive files (7GB free by Microsoft)

3) Windows Store

• Approaching 100,000 Apps!
• Pre-load Reading List apps
• saving story for read later
• via Internet Explorer only

4) Internet Explorer 11 (IE11)

Microsoft did show the preview about the IE11, not official yet. And rumors about it changes are:

• Integrates with your Graphics processor unit (GPU, graphics card) 
• Increase the speed
• Google technology 

These are all I heard about the latest info from Microsoft,subscribe and follow the page, I will keep the page update!