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Windows 8.1 Update: Top 5 New Features

03
Apr
2014

Soonusers will receive a free over-the-air update that willinclude a new taskbar that shows up in Modern mode and a highly visible power button on the start screen.While the Start Menu isnt coming back and theres still plenty of room for improvement, youll appreciate the following 5 new features the Windows 8.1 update provides. Both Windows 8 / 8.1 beginners and experienced users have had a hard time simply shutting their computers off, because the power button has been buried in the Charms menu, which you must unhide to view. Windows 8.1 Update places a persistent power button in the upper right corner of the Start Screen, making it easy for less-experienced users to find and for experts to avoid a couple of extraneous swipes or clicks.

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