Windows 8.1 Update Top 5 Features

With the launch of Windows 8, Microsoft tried to make its Operating System easier to use on touchscreen devices and they really did it. Windows 8 was a lot better on touchscreen devices as compared to Windows 7. But there are still lots of Windows Users who hate this modern UI based Operating System as it wasn’t working well on traditional PCs with mouse and keyboard. So, to solve that issue, the company decided to launch an updated Windows 8.1 Operating System to make it more compatible with keyboard and mouse. The new Windows 8.1 Update brings lots of new features to Windows, like the new shut down button in start, a new way to operate Metro Apps and lots more.

This new Windows 8.1 Update will be available for download after April 8. Have a look on some of the interesting features which we love in Windows 8.1 Update.

Start Screen with Power and Search

If you give Windows 8 to any Windows XP or Windows 7 user and ask him to shut down the PC without using any shortcuts, then it is obvious that he will fail to do that. As with the launch of Windows 8, Microsoft removed the Start Menu and moved the Shutdown buttons in its Charms bar along with other app-specific controls, search, settings and sharing option. But things have now changed in Update 1. As Microsoft has now added the shutdown and a search button in the top right corner of the screen.

Support for Keyboard and Mouse

Windows 8.1 Update 1 brings lots of improvements in the support for non-touch devices running Windows. In this new Update, Windows will now boot directly to the desktop instead of showing you the start screen and if you want, then you can select the boot to start screen option. Windows Store apps now come pinned to the desktop taskbar and you can pin any modern or Metro apps which you like to the desktop taskbar.

You will also see Close and Minimize button when you will open any Metro or Modern App in this Updated Operating System. To see these options, you have to just move your cursor to the top of a Metro or Modern Apps.

Inexpensive Device Support

Windows 8.1 has been now tweaked to run on low-specification powered devices with as little as 1GB of RAM and 16GB of Internal Storage. According to Microsoft the upcoming Windows devices will use this feature; those who are updating their existing devices won’t see this benefit.

Universal App Support

Windows will now allow developers to create universal apps which can work across all Windows platforms, allowing them to create a better app optimized for all screen sizes and inputs. Microsoft is currently working on more ways to combine the multiple flavor Windows and we are expecting to see some major updates in the next version of Windows.

The return of the Start Menu

At its BUILD 2014, Microsoft teased the new Start Menu which will be coming soon in the next Windows 8.1 Update later this year. And it revealed that this Windows 8 style Start Menu will be not included in the first Windows 8.1 Update which will be coming after April 8th.

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