However, if Windows 7 is an absolute requirement, then dressing up Windows 8.1 to look the part will never be more than second best. Further, we can think of at least eight reasons to upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, mostly because Win8 can be made to look and behave more like Win7, and because the upgrade is easy to do.
We were encouraged by the October release of Windows 8.1 it proved that Microsoft isn't completely severed from the reality that some people actually still use a mouse and keyboard.
