Windows Blue (8.1) Will be Free Upgrade

Might we call this their way of saying, "oh sorry, here let me fix that for you".  No real word on what will be different but if the rumors are correct the version 8.1 should feature a start button and ability to boot directly to the desktop.

We can all stop calling Microsoft’s upcoming operating system Windows Blue now that Tami Reller, the CMO and CFO of Microsoft’s Windows Division, confirmed that its official name will be Windows 8.1. 

Confirming what fellow company exec Julie Larson-Green said earlier this month, Reller revealed during JP Morgan’s Technology, Media & Telecom Conference that you’ll be able to download the public preview version of Windows 8.1 by the end of June  – June 26, to be exact – which happens to be right at the beginning of the 2013 Build Developer Conference. Reller is keeping mum when it comes to the system’s actual release date – only hinting that it will be launched some time during or before the holiday season.

Of course the best part is getting this as a free upgrade which kinda takes the sting out of paying $40US for the Upgrade and losing your ability to downgrade.

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