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Why Windows 8.1 Professional Windows 8.1 Professional is the extended variant of Windows 8, which is designed specifically for touchscreens and, with this type of platform, offers professional users and businesses optimised support for their work. The Windows 8.1 Professional operating system not only runs on compatible tablets and handhelds, it can also be used as usual with a mouse and keyboard on a laptop or desktop computer. Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional supports its users with a redesigned interface, an optimised system and new functions and programs in just the right measure. As an extension of Windows 8 Professional, the Windows 8.1 Professional operating system is likewise aimed at professional users and small businesses. The interface in Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional has been designed to be user-friendly for use with touchscreens. Thanks to the tile format, you always keep an overview of the most important applications and documents and can access them quickly. In general, the Windows 8.1 Professional operating system has been optimised so that, for example, copying and system processes have been sped up. This gives all devices a functional and powerful operating system that impresses not only with new features and design changes, but also with a performance boost. What is new in the Windows 8.1 Professional operating system The Windows 8.1 Professional operating system brings numerous new features with it. It has the following new core functions, some of which can also be found in Windows 8: Modern User Interface: tile interface for touchscreens Internet Explorer 11: new Windows web browser Optimised data transfer: copy operations can be paused and resumed New Task Manager: processes are managed to boost performance Windows Store: for obtaining Modern apps Windows Defender: anti-spyware In addition, Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional also has all the functions of Windows 8 Pro, such as Remote Desktop, domain join, Encrypting File System, Group Policy and booting from a Virtual Hard Disk. The update to the Windows 8.1 operating system also added many more features and optimisations. Optimisations in the Windows 8.1 Professional operating system Compared with Windows 8 Professional, Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional introduced a number of visual and system-level optimisations. The most noticeable difference is the option of displaying the desktop in tile form or in the classic style. The Start menu of the Windows 8.1 Professional operating system can now also be displayed with the right mouse button when needed, similar to Windows 7. This means users are supported with the appropriate setting both when operating via touchscreen and when using a mouse and keyboard. Windows 8.1 Professional also adds numerous new pre-installed Modern apps. The existing apps such as "Video", "Music", "Camera" and "Photos" have also been expanded in functionality in the Windows 8.1 Professional operating system. Powerful Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional Thanks to the numerous new features and the interface optimisation, the Windows 8.1 Professional operating system creates a strong platform that actively supports professional users and small businesses in their tasks with its new features and programs. Thanks to the performance boost, Windows 8.1 Professional is a reliable operating system. The more modern user interface and the Modern apps give you an up-to-date system for both handhelds and desktop computers.