Peter Johansson wrote: > On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Carl Denk wrote: > > > Found > > this page which had good advice before upgrading: > > http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57604101-285/how-to-create-a-system= -image-in-windows-8/ > > > > Any comments before I take the plunge to update of pitfalls appreciated= .. > > That is a *really* good idea, particularly given the number of people > who have gotten botched updates. > > Also, you might want to download an offline update image. While MS > made this easy in previous versions of Windows, this appears no longer > to be the case. Fortunately, there do appear to be ways around this. > Given the size of the download, this may prove helpful if you have > multiple machines or your initial update attempt fails. Mine experience and that of a couple other people I know was that the W8.1 = update took close to a day to happen. I just started it and left it alone. The actual update didn'= t start until it had downloaded the full set of files. I was using the computer as a test computer and had nothing on it that was = not backed up. Everyone I know that has used both W8 and W8.1 are glad they did the update= .. We did the update the day of W8.1 release so have had a couple months experience with it. My overall personal opinion is W8.1 is usable but I personally like W7 bett= er for getting real work done. As a touch screen computer W8.1 is okay but compared to several = other touch screen computers has few exceptional features. (RIM Playbook, iPad's, Android's, E= xoPC) At this point Googles support of androids has made it more flexible and as usable as iPad= s. Having said that androids are great to have on a vacation (ASUS T700 transf= ormer for example) and essentially useless to do development work on. w.. --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .