So I'm Now on Windows 8.1...

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Sounds like a flavor of Mt. Dew.

@ajstringham said:

Windows Blue

Windows Blue was the codename for Windows 8 I believe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8.1

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@thecreativeone91 said:

@ajstringham said:

Windows Blue

Windows Blue was the codename for Windows 8 I believe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8.1

Maybe I mis-remembered then.

scottalanmiller

I've been running Blue for a while.

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said:

I've been running Blue for a while.

Is 8.1 considered blue? or do you still have a machine running the original 8?

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said:

@scottalanmiller said:

I've been running Blue for a while.

Is 8.1 considered blue? or do you still have a machine running the original 8?

Blue was the codename for 8.1.

scottalanmiller

@thecreativeone91 said:

@ajstringham said:

Windows Blue

Windows Blue was the codename for Windows 8 I believe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8.1

Yup

http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/windows-blue-microsoft-blows-it-219820

thegillion

Yeah they only way I am switching to 8 or 8.1 is if it is given to me for free.

Carnival Boy

I can barely tell the difference between 7 and 8.1, so am perfectly happy using either. I'd pick 8.1 for the faster boot time. Other than that, I find them near identical (once you change a few settings to get rid of the annoying new features, like the charms bar)

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@Carnival-Boy said:

I can barely tell the difference between 7 and 8.1, so am perfectly happy using either. I'd pick 8.1 for the faster boot time. Other than that, I find them near identical (once you change a few settings to get rid of the annoying new features, like the charms bar)

Boot times for me have actually been pretty close. I think 7 might actually still be winning but I never used a stopwatch to time it so I can't say for sure...

JaredBusch

@ajstringham said:

@Carnival-Boy said:

I can barely tell the difference between 7 and 8.1, so am perfectly happy using either. I'd pick 8.1 for the faster boot time. Other than that, I find them near identical (once you change a few settings to get rid of the annoying new features, like the charms bar)

Boot times for me have actually been pretty close. I think 7 might actually still be winning but I never used a stopwatch to time it so I can't say for sure...

No real difference for me because of the applications installed. SQL Server 2014 with Reporting Services, Visual Studio 2013, etc. Once you have that kind of stuff, the boot time of the OS is not important.

scottalanmiller

@ajstringham said:

Boot times for me have actually been pretty close. I think 7 might actually still be winning but I never used a stopwatch to time it so I can't say for sure...

My 8.1 is so fast on the one desktop and a few seconds slower on the better one. Not sure why the difference.