I bought a new laptop yesterday, and decided to give Windows 8.1 a try (the machine came with Windows 8). I did not encounter Thork's problem, but fuck, that was the most ridiculous upgrade procedure I've seen in my life.
First of all, the upgrade file is
3.6GB. Just... what. Seriously,
what. If the upgrade fails for whatever reason (not like it'll tell you the reason anyway), the temp files are deleted. Super helpful, thanks Windows.
Oh, and it failed 3 times. Because why not?
Anyway, eventually it didn't fail, or rather it failed less massively. It then proceeded to show me unmoving progress bars with helpful descriptions of what's currently going on. Examples include:
- Preparing upgrade
- Making changes
- Getting info
- Finishing up a few things
- Taking care of a few things
Oh, and the successful upgrade itself took 2 hours and a half, not including download times.