How to Upgrade your Computer to Windows 8

Learn how to upgrade your existing comptuer - running Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 - to the new Windows 8. Your files and apps can also be migrated to Windows 8.

Let’s say your existing Windows computer is running XP, Vista or Windows 7 and you want to upgrade to Windows 8.

How to Install Windows 8 on a Mac using Boot Camp

Learn how you can easily download and install the newest version of Windows 8 on your Mac with the help of Boot Camp.

This is a step-by-step guide that illustrates how you can quickly and easily install a copy of Windows 8 on your MacBook or iMac using the free Boot Camp software.
As you’ll soon learn, installing Windows 8 on a Mac is quite an easy process and chances are good that your existing Apple hardware – like the Magic Mouse or your Apple Wireless Keyboard – will work just fine under Windows 8 without requiring additional drivers.
And if you have been a Mac user all your life, this is one good opportunity to try Windows on your existing machine (and there are not costs involved except for your time). OK, let’s take a plunge:

How to Install Windows 8 Alongside Windows 7 (Dual-boot)

Learn how to install Windows 8 alongside an older version of Windows in dual-boot mode by creating a new partition.

Let’s say your primary computer is running Windows 7 and you would also like to install Windows 8 on the same computer but while keeping the old Windows 7 installation intact. What are the options?
You can either run Windows 8 as a VM but for the best experience, you should consider installing Windows 8 on a separate partition of your computer’s hard disk. The advantage is that you don’t have to fiddle with your existing Windows installation and you can easily switch between Windows 8 and your existing Windows version with a press of the restart button. In technical terms, such an arrangement is also known as dual boot setup.

How to Install Windows 8 as a Virtual Machine

You can download and install Windows 8 on your primary Windows computer but without disturbing any of existing apps or settings - just configure WIndows 7 as a Virtual Machine.

 

Windows 8 Installation Guide

Whether you wish to install Windows 8 on your primary computer, or as a dual-boot alongside an older version of Windows or inside a Mac, these step-by-step guides should come handy.

I spent almost the entire day playing around with Windows 8 and finally installed it on all the three machines that I have – two of them were previously running Windows 7 while the third one is an iMac running Mac OS X Lion. Everything just worked without any issues.