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Is this going to be necessary, or will it be safe to simply upgrade over Windows 8? Or is it too early to tell?
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I would consider it like a service pack. Personally I have no issue doing an in-place upgrade to 8.1 but I will be sure to back things up first.
Calling it 8.1 instead of SP1 is a clever marketing and legal maneuver to change perception and obviously its working since people are eating it up.
This. It IS a service pack, done by the same WSE (Windows Sustained Engineering,) division that's done prior service packs to Server2008/Win7 and previous Windows before that.
Calling it 8.1 instead of SP1 is a clever marketing and legal maneuver to change perception and obviously its working since people are eating it up.
It is bigger than any SP I remember. Even XP SP2.
so when are they going to release 8.1 in DVD form?...since it's such a substantial upgrade I would think they would want users to install 8.1 clean versus having to go through the standard Windows 8 install first
Hm, let me think... (consults crystal ball...) I'm going to go with October 17, 2013.
I tried the leak last night and it didn't like my Windows key (mine is an upgrade key). So, for us upgraders, you're probably going to have to go the patch/Win Store route rather than a clean ISO install.
Clean install with a generic key (google) then once setup finishes slmgr /ipk your key and reboot it should be actiated now