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.

Download Free Anti-virus Software from Microsoft

Do you pay for anti-virus software? The best anti-virus software for Windows is a free download for all users of genuine Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7.

Keeping your Windows PC secure from viruses and spyware can be both difficult and expensive, and some of the popular security suites out there are known to slow down computers.

Yes, there are quite a few free antivirus software programs available on the web but they are often designed to convince you to purchase the professional edition and thus nag users with prompts to purchase the commercial version.

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.