News Windows 8 two-year support countdown begins Friday

I bet it won't. And why should it? It's simple enough for people who cope with the transition to install a replacement. MS don't need to, and shouldn't have to, provide a 'classic' start menu.

 

I tried Win 8, hated it and went back to 7. Tried 8 again, still hated it and then moved back to 7, again. Now I am on 8.1 and I am getting used to it, it's so much quicker and it's just like 7 bar the start menu which barely gets used as I sit on the desktop 99% of the time and have my apps pinned to the taskbar and/or on the desktop.

 

Its simple really

As always it boils down to money.


Microsoft needs as many people as possible using its OS, if people are not using it simply because of the start menus they will change it and this move proves this.

Microsoft already know the start menu is unpopular that's why they have made these changes
but these changes haven't gone far enough.

The start menu looks plain without Aero.
You are still sent to a tiled menu.


If windows 8 had both an option for the tiled menu and the classic menu I would
use it myself, I think you would find the VAST amount of that are sticking with windows 7
would too.

 

You still hate it MDD you will be back to windows 7 soon, again. LOL

 

If MS were going to bring back the start menu they would have done it already. They have no intention of doing so. Their vision is for a unified GUI across all products that use windows, whether that's phones, tablets, desktops etc. The Start Menu doesn't fit into that vision, the Start Screen does. The Start button has been put back in to try and smooth the transition but that's it, it's not there to indicate a return of the Start Menu.

Sooner or later people will move to Windows 8, or it's successor. The majority of people will use the Start Screen, realise it's not nearly as bad as they'd read about/feared and quickly get used to using it. The rest will install a start menu replacement and get on with their lives.

 

I stopped paying attention to the live tile start menu a long time ago. I know the name of every program I install and as such just press win and start typing the name of the program to start it. If the live tile menu had more functionality I might consider using it, but as it is, it's just a pointless shiny.

Windows 8 is a nice step up from windows 7 imo.

 

Nah. I'm getting used to it and I actually am liking it. It's not that bad and it was a free upgrade anyway. Can't say no to freebies.

 

This is how I use windows 8 at work.

And because the main interface is gash, I use 7 at home because the miniscule improvements they made under the hood don't make 8 any fast than 7 on my Haswell so I have no need for 8.

 

Can you hide the start button in 8.1?

 

I'm pretty sure you can.

 

I really hope that you can, why do people not understand that there is a start key on the keyboard?

 

Not without third party software.

 

that will be the next complaint, lol

 

Windows 12, you can only install Microsoft certified software

 

Windows 9 next year? I was thinking of getting 8 but I'll stick with 7 for now and wait for 9. Although if 9 is next year maybe I'll wait for 10 the year after. Or maybe just wait for Windows 11, or maybe windows 12 would be best. Windows 13 might not be too good, but I could wait for windows 14, it's probably going to be like Windows 7 but with a few new features. Yeah I'll wait for that.

 

Well if Microsoft keep up with the new faster release schedule we will be on Windows 12 by the time 7 reaches the end of its extended support and is retired. Well unless they do a XP and extend the extended support for 7, or maybe they will do a 8 and cut it short.

 

Greetings!

Wait till Microsoft try this:

 

Love it Hahahahah.

I will stick with windows 7 for now tho haha

I actually like aero and my normal old fashioned start memu and programs list.

 

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

 

I have deployed both windows 7 and windows 8 to 2 different networks. Without doubt windows 8 is a better product, i dislike going back to 7 even.
This is the same story we have every time MS release a new OS, people resist as hard as they can. I am surprised people in the industry resist change so much its quite funny (by all means don't let yourself get screwed, but its a great OS, and if you don't like it, adapt, its your job). People want innovation without change. I get it was a sizable transition for some (windows key...), but non of my peers would go back to previous versions

If you have 8 and they give you 8.1 for free, i don't see any issues, its SP1 by all accounts. That said im hoping i don't need to go back and re-image lol