微軟釋出「Windows 8.1 with Bing」免費授權給 OEM 廠商預裝於低價裝置,部分媒體誤讀為「僅限 1GB 記憶體裝置使用」。IT之家查閱微軟官方部落格原文,澄清此為錯誤解讀。
"And most recently with the Windows 8.1 Update, we are enabling our hardware partners to build lower cost devices with only 1GB of memory and 16GB of storage that provide customers with the fast and fluid experience they expect from a Windows device."

這意味著市場將出現更多平價筆電、平板、二合一裝置,入門門檻大幅降低,但高階配備 (4GB、8GB 以上) 同樣可預裝此版本,效能表現不打折扣。