i got the upgrade to windows 8.1 free through the app store the other day...it is not much better than windows 8....i hate it...i do not no much about computers , and i am not able to use it very well....for some every 3 or 4 days i have a horrible problem with it . have had to do 2 system restores and start over from scratch....i am going to talk to the guy who works on computers for my family and see how much it will cost to erase everything and just get windows 7 back again..