Microsoft announces Windows 8.1 with Bing to help partners sell lower-cost devices, will debut

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Microsoft today confirmed the rumors of a new edition of its latest operating system by unveiling Windows 8.1 with Bing. The company says the main purpose is to allow its hardware partners to sell lower-cost Windows devices; the first ones with the new edition will be announced at Computex in Tapei. Windows 8.1 with Bing is exactly like Windows 8.1 with the recently released Windows 8.1 Update, with one major difference: Bing is set as the default search engine in Internet Explorer. Users can still change that option in IE's search engine settings. It's also worth noting that Windows 8.1...

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Surprising a grand total of zero people,_Microsoft confirmed the existence of Windows with Bing today, and its post on the matter is deliciously vague. The core bit, in keeping_to earlier reports, is that Windows with Bing will ship on low-cost devices — Paul Thurrott reported that devices under $250 will be eligible — bringing Windows 8.1′s cost profile better in line

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Microsoft has confirmed it’ll release a subsidized version of its operating system for affordable notebooks, desktops and tablets. Dubbed Windows 8.1 with Bing, this build will only be offered as a pre-install, not to individual users, and is based on the full commercial version of the OS. In other words,...




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The Windows 8.1 with Bing SKU is now official. Microsoft is making this edition available to its hardware partners to try to get Windows on smaller, cheaper devices.

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Microsoft today confirmed the availability of new Windows 8.1 with Bing SKU for OEMs. At BUILD conference, Microsoft announced that Windows will be available for 0 dollars to our hardware partners for Windows Phones and tablets smaller than 9-inches in screen size. This free Windows for OEMs will be the Windows 8.1 with Bing SKU. Also with the Windows 8.1 Update, we are enabling our hardware partners to build lower cost devices with only 1GB of memory and 16GB of storage that provide customers with the fast and fluid experience they expect from a Windows device. We also announced that As we move forward, many of these lower cost devices will come with a new edition of Windows called Windows 8.1 with Bing. Windows 8.1 with Bing provides all the same great experiences that Windows 8.1 offers with the Windows 8.1 Update, and comes with Bing as the default search engine within Internet Explorer. And of course customers will be able to change that setting through the Internet Explorer menu,...

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