Microsoft Windows 8.1 preview version available for download now

Ballmer opened with an enthusiastic speech about rapid releases

 Microsoft company windows 8.1, the first major upgrade to Microsoft company windows 8, is available to obtain now in a free review edition now, Microsoft company CEO Bob Ballmer declared during the Microsoft company Develop 2013 keynote.

  Ballmer took the stage to welcome audiences and viewers members at the keynote kick-off to Develop 2013 with a informal, friendly conversation. He declared that Windows Visible Studio room 2013 is also available to obtain now.

  It changes out the gossips about Microsoft company windows 8.1 were true; the upgrade "blends the pc and the modern experience," Ballmer said, and contains the return of the start key and a boot-to-desktop option.

  Microsoft company windows 8.1 also contains enhanced Google incorporation "to improve the essential usability" of Microsoft company windows, he exposed.

Microsoft's rapid release cycle

Ballmer also discussed how quickly Windows modification from a application company into a components manufacturer with a "rapid launch pattern."

He said that a fast launch pattern is necessary for Microsoft to convert into a successful components manufacturer, concentrating on components "driven by application."

That application, of course, is Microsoft windows 8, the main topics today's keynote.

He didn't leave out Microsoft windows Cellphone 8, either, appealing that Microsoft windows Cellphone devices are subject to the fast launch pattern plan, as well.