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Win8 Upgrade or Win8.1 New Install
What's better, upgrade a Win8 to Win8.1 or purchase Win8.1 ?
Harold
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Upgrade the Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 is FREE.
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IMHO a clean install is always preferable to an upgrade install when possible. Upgrade installs almost always have stability or reliability issues. But as Theog said, if you upgrade though the Windows store it will be free. Most people will take the free option even if it may not be the best option. I guess it all depends on what "better" means to you in that situation.
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AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
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Thanks for the replies, except I too would rather a clean install. I also prefer to have the dual boot option. My plans are a clean 8.1 install and use my free upgrade to my current 8 version, which will give me a back door and a test platform.
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Dual boot 8 and 8.1? How do you plan on clean installing 8.1?
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Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
Computer type
PC/Desktop
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Asus
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard
ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory
8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
Sound Card
VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
Screen Resolution
1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
Hard Drives
Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
PSU
Thermaltake TR 620
Case
Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
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Stock heatsink fan
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
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Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
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Purchase a 8.1 license, use my current 8 and apply the free upgrade to 8.1, or maybe have a 8.1 partition and a 8 partition.
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O K , I'm not sure I follow your logic there? If you upgrade though the store 8 will become 8.1. You won't get an option to dual boot though the Windows Store. To dual boot 8 and 8.1 you'll either have to install 8 twice (dual boot them) and then upgrade one of them to 8.1. Or buy 8.1 to install next to 8 for the dual boot. I also don't see any real advantage to dual booting 8 and 8.1?
OS
Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Asus
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard
ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory
8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
Sound Card
VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
Screen Resolution
1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
Hard Drives
Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
PSU
Thermaltake TR 620
Case
Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling
Stock heatsink fan
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
Mouse
Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
Internet Speed
80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Browser
Internet Explorer 11
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Other Info
HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
I always enjoy having a second OS, currently 8 and 8.1. After release, I will have a 8 as a testing partition and 8.1 will be my production partition.
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Win8 Pro, Win7 Pro, Win8.1 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
slightly off center
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Gold Member
OS
Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
Computer type
PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model
Asus
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
Motherboard
ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
Memory
8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
Sound Card
VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
Screen Resolution
1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
Hard Drives
Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
PSU
Thermaltake TR 620
Case
Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
Cooling
Stock heatsink fan
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
Mouse
Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
Internet Speed
80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
Browser
Internet Explorer 11
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Other Info
HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2