Win8.1 Update 1 Released to Mfgrs (RTM)

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According to the research that I have done, Windows 8.1 Update 1 has been released to OEMs (Original equipment manufacturer), a milestone usually abbreviated as RTM (for “release to manufacturing” or “release to manufacturers,” a step that lets equipment vendors start building reference images for their Windows 8.1 devices in anticipation of an immanent General Availability, or GA, release). A Researcher tweeted at the end of February that “Windows 8.1 Update 1 will hit MSDN (Microsoft developer network) on April 2, Windows Update on April 8.”

 All this points to upcoming access to a new and keyboard-and-mouse friendlier version of Windows 8, sooner rather than later.

 It’s pretty clear that MS is aware that public perceptions of its new flagship OS must improve for Windows 8 to attain a measure of success. It will be interesting to see if the company can truly reverse course, and make Windows 8 less unpalatable to the vast majority of PC users who lack the critical touch interface capabilities previously thought necessary to fully appreciate Windows 8. Hopefully, this means Windows 8 will also gain more traction with business/enterprise users, many of whom are facing a more-or-less-mandatory migration away from Windows XP in light of the upcoming withdrawal of ongoing support on April 8. Surely, that makes the timing of Windows 8.1 Update 1 no coincidence whatsoever.

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