So I upgraded to 8.1.
Issue #1 my technet windows 8 Pro key was not detected as valid. I got a generic key, and proceeded to upgrade. Actually there is no "upgrade" option, there's the keep files and settings which I feared might mess with the programs installed, but everything went fine.
Upgrade took a while, like an 1:40+, but still better than reinstalling everything.
After numerous reboots finally the "new" desktop. So lets change the key and activate.... nope it won't work it says "windows can't activate try again later" This has happened to me before with windows 7 so its probably MS fault.
Other than the start button and boot to desktop, I don't really see much of a difference.
I don't really see any reason to upgrade from 7, but its a must for current windows 8 users.
Issue #1 my technet windows 8 Pro key was not detected as valid. I got a generic key, and proceeded to upgrade. Actually there is no "upgrade" option, there's the keep files and settings which I feared might mess with the programs installed, but everything went fine.
Upgrade took a while, like an 1:40+, but still better than reinstalling everything.
After numerous reboots finally the "new" desktop. So lets change the key and activate.... nope it won't work it says "windows can't activate try again later" This has happened to me before with windows 7 so its probably MS fault.
Other than the start button and boot to desktop, I don't really see much of a difference.
I don't really see any reason to upgrade from 7, but its a must for current windows 8 users.