Is it OK to update my Win 8 to 8.1?

[MaxwellEdison]

I have a MBP 2011 running Mavericks and Windows 8 Pro. Both run fine.

I noticed the 8.1 update in the Windows store. Is it safe to run it, will all the Apple drivers that work in 8 ork in 8.1?

I ask only because everywhere I Google the discussion always seems to center on INSTALLING 8.1 in the first place; as I said, I installed 8 a while back using one of those "system builder" DVDs Microsoft sells. It's legal, activated, and runs perfectly.

So I just need to know if anyone in a similar position installed the 8.1 update successfully.

 

[chrfr]

I noticed the 8.1 update in the Windows store. Is it safe to run it, will all the Apple drivers that work in 8 ork in 8.1?

You'll be fine, it'll work with the Apple drivers seamlessly.

 

[MaxwellEdison]

Thanks. The download won't complete, though. I get this bogus error from the Windows Store:

something happened and the install of windows 8.1 couldn't be completed

very helpful.

 

[xcodeSyn]

something happened and the install of windows 8.1 couldn't be completed

Given that you have an OEM version of Win 8, going through Windows Store is currently the only option to upgrade to 8.1,and you need to install all the latest Windows updates before it could be successfully downloaded and installed as indicated in this link.

 

[MaxwellEdison]

Yes, it turned out there were 5-6 updates that were queued. I forced the update to happen now and after the updates then 8.1 update took. Thanks.