I must be honest and admit that the general look of Windows 8 doesn't appeal to me personally - but an increasing number of my customers seem to be switching to it. So about 6 weeks ago I made the decision to upgrade a PC here which is currently running Windows XP.

Given that Windows 8.1 was imminent I decided to wait for the new version (which has just been released, this very day!)

BUT... according to Microsoft's announcement

Windows 8.1 is not designed for installation on devices running Windows XP or Windows Vista
Groan.... that's about all the information they give. I don't know whether they mean that Win 8.1 can't co-exist on a machine that's already running XP (i.e. on a different partition) - or if it simply means that you can't update from Win XP to Win 8.1.

Does anyone here have the full story..?