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Hi everyone
I'm quite satisfied after some exhaustive testing that W8.1 is definitely worthwhile upgrade from both W8 (and W7 - provided you can manage without the Start menu in W7).
Everything I've tried works without a problem - including complex apps like Photoshop CS6 and VMware player / workstation.
TWO issues remain - one - SKY GO (TV media streaming service I use a lot for LIVE SPORTS - particularly UK Football) doesn't work with IE11 and the latest version of Silverlight - solution - use CHROME BROWSER for this application - works perfectly - and two - if you use one of those extra languages not included in the 36 languages in the current language pack then you are out of luck - the windows 8 ones won't work.
So I can't see any particular reason for W8 users NOT to upgrade - especially as it's free and for anybody using W7 thinking about an upgrade - go direct to W8.1 - don't waste your time with W8.
I suspect the languages will be available in due course.
Cheers
jimbo
I'm quite satisfied after some exhaustive testing that W8.1 is definitely worthwhile upgrade from both W8 (and W7 - provided you can manage without the Start menu in W7).
Everything I've tried works without a problem - including complex apps like Photoshop CS6 and VMware player / workstation.
TWO issues remain - one - SKY GO (TV media streaming service I use a lot for LIVE SPORTS - particularly UK Football) doesn't work with IE11 and the latest version of Silverlight - solution - use CHROME BROWSER for this application - works perfectly - and two - if you use one of those extra languages not included in the 36 languages in the current language pack then you are out of luck - the windows 8 ones won't work.
So I can't see any particular reason for W8 users NOT to upgrade - especially as it's free and for anybody using W7 thinking about an upgrade - go direct to W8.1 - don't waste your time with W8.
I suspect the languages will be available in due course.
Cheers
jimbo
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