I think that Windows 8 is kind of a catastrophe for everybody in the PC space. I think that we’re going to lose some of the top-tier PC [original equipment manufacturers]. They’ll exit the market.

But it’s also because Windows 8.1, more than most Windows updates, is a preview of where the whole Microsoft mothership is headed. What was most important in Windows 8 stared you right in the face.

Windows 8 is a mobile- and touch-first OS. There might be only 30 million tablets in the hands of consumers -- compared to 500 million smartphones and billions of PCs -- and tablet computing might ...

With Windows 8.1 now generally available, focus shifts to fixing the mess Steve Sinofsky left behind By now you’ve no doubt read that Windows 8.1 is a must-have upgrade for Windows 8 customers ...

If you're using the Metro apps for the tasks mentioned, you can snap the Metro app to the side of the screen if your resolution is 1366X768 or above. Otherwise, the desktop works just like Windows 7.