Windows 8.1 Install

The Windows 8.1 install went very smoothly.  I went to the store, saw it was available, click on it to install and less than an hour later it was up and running.
My first reaction was that nothing really changed.  The tiles were a little more crisp and there was this annoying "Start Button" at the bottom left of the desktop screen.  When you don't have a touch screen and you navigate using a mouse this thing gets in the way of left and right scrolling while you are in a app.  Personally, I like the way it popped up before.  For you who expected the start button to bring back Windows 7, you will be very disappointed.  When you click on the "Start Button" it takes you to the start screen.  For all you techies who couldn't find anything when Vista took away the word "My" from Documents. Pictures, Videos and Music - get over it.  Things are going to change.
Windows 8.1 is a lot more responsive.  There are changes in the way you get to All Apps and the various size tiles are very nice.  The search has changed.  In 8.0, people missed the fact that you could search for anything other than apps.  I wasn't intuitive that you could search files. And, for me sometimes my searches just didn't work.  That problem is gone now.  Access to the store is different now there is a not so obvious right click (swipe for the top) to get categories.
The search is the first thing I tried. It didn't seem to get the things I was looking for.  That was just me being a little too excited to try it.  It took 8.1 a bit of time to index all the data.  After a few minutes it was terrific it found things
I didn't even know were in my data files.
I had one little problem - My HP Control Center lost my printers.  Windows 8.1 knew they where there but HP seemed to have lost them.  Not a big problem - I just had to run HP's "Add a Device" and it re-discovered them.
Overall, Windows 8.1 - Terrific.  Nice job Microsoft!

Windows 8.1

I am downloading Windows 8.1 as I write this and am excited about the some of the new changes.  Unlike most people, when it comes to technology, I like change.  I am one of the only people who will admit that I liked Vista.
First, I am looking forward to the multi-sized tiles and am hoping for some enhancements to the search functions.  I actually don't care that they are bringing back the start menu it was always in the bottom left corner.
I also wanted to purchase a Surface tablet but didn't because I needed more than the 128GBs available one the first version.  Instead, I purchased a 256GB drive and installed it in my laptop and ran Windows 8, non-touch, with a real keyboard and a large screen.  I no longer feel the need to rush in to BestBuy to purchase a new Surface with the larger hard drives.