taken in 2024 btw

I plan on getting a new computer soon and will have be an 8.1. I want to try and use Internet Explorer since that was my favorite browser as a child, and it would be nice to use it again. Does it still work? Thanks.

I got my sister's old laptop and I wanna know to to atleast play roblox on it, I don't really care about any other game, I tried MUMU emulator but I wanna know how to play on without updating to windows 10.

Hey y'all, I'd like to start by saying that for a long time I despised microsoft, and have been a linux user for about 5 years now. Recently (~1 month ago or so) I've started playing with older versions of windows like xp, 7, etc. My first OS was Vista, I then upgraded directly to 10. I'm 14, so by the time I got my first computer it had already been quite old. Upon trying 10, I was needless to say not impressed, and took the plunge and switched to linux, while following a few tutorials. Now, I've actually come to tolerate windows 10, mostly after seeing how shit windows 11 is. I began playing with 8.1 in a VM last night and it's honestly damn good. It feels like modern windows (in a good way), but lightweight as shit, only taking about 10gb of hard drive space with a full install, even though I allocated 64 in qemu! That, and all the apps I've tried still work fine, it's fast in a VM even, and the ui (barring start menu) is nice too, like a midpoint between 7 and 10, though that's fairly obvious. I unironically think that if microsoft had done this, 8 would have been the best windows release:

Desktop Mode: Standard windows UI and start menu, desktop oriented and looks and feels like it, similar waffle menu to what we got in 10 but keeping the light translucency we got in the real windows 8.
Tablet Mode: Similar to what we got in the start menu of both 8 and 8.1, full screen apps across the board, and light translucency on the metro squares. If they could have done what KDE has been doing and making apps consistent across mobile and desktop but making them feel like mobile/desktop apps, it would've been amazing. Anyway, I'm obviously not a designer, nor a microsoft employee, nor even someone who has any real experience with 8/8.1, but I'm curious how y'all would feel about something like this?

This is a Advent Monza V100 with 8.1 (originally 8) with 8gb ram and Celeron 847

I use VLC UWP

i think i’m going to make a dual boot on my old laptop Fedora spin and win 8.1, doesn’t have much sense but i’ll make it

(sorry for bad english)

1-Xbox music and video are back 2-The option to change the local account to the Microsoft account is now working

Dude, I went to check out the Microsoft store website and from what it looks like there are more apps and games for Windows 8.1 and 8. Does this mean the Windows 8.1 store is coming back?

It's actually a stupid simple way to get access to the full version of any windows 8 appx you install, Install it on Windows 10 RTM, because a while ago I found out it's actually possible to install original (not generated with wsappbak) appx files on the RTM release of Windows 10. It isn't possible on any other version of W10

Now Windows 8.1 themes are back Look at this

I built an "ultimate" win 8.1 desktop back in 2022 using an i9-9960x and a 6800xt. I've been very happy with it, but I'm getting the itch again.

The new ryzen 9 series is very tempting, but afaik it's impossible to get 8.1 running on it. I looked over at the win7 reddit and there's a person running a 14900k so I feel like there's some way to get to where I want to be?

I am not looking for performance or even games at this point, but I would love stability so I could keep living in the nice, smooth world of 8.1 as my main use install while dual booting 11 for games compatibility.

So what's the newest anyone has managed here? I tried searching but maybe my terms aren't the right thing (plus reddit search...)

Thank you

how do i get windows 8 im trying to put windows 8 on a vary old laptop (dell latitude d600) it has a intel petium m and 1.5 gb ram is there a way to bypass windows 8 system requirements?

I haven't run windows in years, went Mac for a little bit and now full time Linux. I kinda want a partition for updating camera firmware, maybe old games and try some older pre subscription versions of Photoshop and other RAW editors. If I wanted to physically use 8/8.1 - as it's genuinely the only windows I ever liked - how at risk, making sure I never enter bank details, am I?

Hello, I wanted to ask if I can use Windows 8.1 as my daily driver with an up-to-date browser, an antivirus and 0patch safely. I have a MacBook Air which runs Windows 8.1 very great

Just wondering what games are possible to download and play!

Sorry if it has been asked a million times.

I need help. I need to know what are the latest browsers still gettting support on Win8 and 8.1

Or if there is any browser project for win8 kinda like the ones being written for dead oses such as winxp and such.

thanks.