É necessário atualizar para o windows 8.1?

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Users Have Two Years to Upgrade to Windows® 8.1

Microsoft Windows® 8.1 was released October 18th for all Windows® 8 users. ... The lifecycle of this software update, known as Windows® Blue, will be the same as Windows® 8. General support will end January 1st, 2018, with extended support for necessary updates to last an additional 5 years.

Customers have two years to upgrade to Windows® 8.1. After that time, the upgrade will be removed from the Windows Store, and Windows® 8 will not be supported or have access to future updates. So, it is recommended to follow the guidelines set by Microsoft® and update software as it is released.

O segundo parágrafo está correto, o que torna a atualização essencialmente obrigatória?

    

Answer 1

Não, não é preciso enlouquecer: de acordo com folheto informativo do ciclo de vida do Windows 10 de janeiro de 2023 .

Caso contrário, por que não atualizar para o 8.1 :

Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 build on Windows 8 and Windows RT, to bring you enhancements in personalization, search, apps, the Windows Store, and cloud connectivity, and has the security and reliability features you expect from Windows. It's fast and made to work on a variety of devices—especially on the new generation of touch devices.

If your PC is currently running Windows 8 or Windows RT, it's free to update to Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1. And unlike previous updates to Windows, you'll get this update from the Windows Store.

Certamente você precisa verificar os requisitos do sistema primeiro.

    

Answer 2

Sim, você deve atualizar para o Windows 8.1 para obter novas atualizações de segurança .

Windows 8 customers will have two years to move to Windows 8.1 after the General Availability of the Windows 8.1 update to continue to remain supported under Windows 8 lifecycle.

A FAQ abaixo mostra que você tem até 16 de janeiro de 2016 para atualizar para o Windows 8.1 para continuar recebendo atualizações:

Windows 8.1 falls under the same lifecycle policy as Windows 8, and will reach end of Mainstream Support on January 9, 2018, and end of Extended Support on January 10, 2023. With the General Availability of Windows 8.1, customers on Windows 8 have 2 years, until January 12, 2016, to move to Windows 8.1 in order to remain supported.

Este é o mesmo como no Windows 7, onde você tem que instalar o Sp1 para receber atualizações até 2020.

Why are you requiring Windows 8 customers move to Windows 8.1 two years after the General Availability?

Historically, we’ve had a similar support approach related to Windows service packs; when a Windows service pack is released, Microsoft provides customers 24 months of support for the prior service pack or original RTM version. Unlike service packs that are typically just a collection of fixes, Windows 8.1 has new features and enhancements. We designed Windows 8.1 to give customers an ability to deploy this update in a manner that is similar to how customers deploy service packs, therefore we are applying the existing service pack support policy to Windows 8.1.

    

Answer 3

Acho que você entendeu mal o que leu nesse link. O link não é da Microsoft, mas de uma empresa de software de terceiros.

O próprio Windows 8 ainda será suportado pela Microsoft (veja a resposta do duDE), mas o aplicativo / programa "Classicstart8" derrubará o suporte para o Windows 8 em dois anos.