Windows 8 - The Start Menu is BACK !!!

I think the new Windows 8 is terrible, it's designed for gamers..... yet it has touch screen features. More like casual gamers on their touch screen tablets playing touch screen gamesmep69

Start menu has been useless to me since Vista. Move the search UI else where and the Start menu is completely obsolete.

Mr_BillGates

The Start menu is far from useless....

I've spent ages removing bloat of various kinds in order to achieve this:

and Metro does it's very best to clutter my UI with rarely used shortcuts.....

Start menu is far from useless, it's just extremely underappreciated and underused.

Edit: Most of those "ages" were obviously spent on "under the hood" changes.

Edit: While I realize some people regard my approach as a lot of unused space, I consider it visually appealing in it's simplicity and every single program on my computer is readily available through the start menu and my folder link.

Having everything availble on your home-screen is a touch concept anyway, I don't want to look at something till I intend to use it.

Win 8 is clearly designed for tablets at this point. Unless there is a very simple method of getting a more mouse and keyboard friendly UI then I will be skipping this version of Windows. Skipping Vista did me no harm and I think Windows 7 is just fine. bonafidetk

[QUOTE="bonafidetk"]Win 8 is clearly designed for tablets at this point. Unless there is a very simple method of getting a more mouse and keyboard friendly UI then I will be skipping this version of Windows. Skipping Vista did me no harm and I think Windows 7 is just fine. MBirdy88

Lawl I'm still not accustomed fully to Windows 7 yet, it's all coming so fast. :(

Lawl I'm still not accustomed fully to Windows 7 yet, it's all coming so fast. :(

xWoW_Rougex

Stardock has better work for these kinds of things imo.

kozzy1234

Agreed I have been using stardock/rocketdock since XP. I will probably remain on 7 till 8 gets a SP, or if I can find a decent deal on an ultimate package.

Wow, windows 8 looks atrocious. I'd be willing to bet that lack of a start menu is the least of it's problems.jer_1

Windows 8 = the end of the Windows ride for me. I went ahead and dual booted linux Ubuntu on my PC with Windows 7. I'm not interested in Micro$oft, outside of playing games. So, if I'm not playing a game I'll be using Linux Ubuntu. I absolutely cannot stand the whole "touch screen" concept, or the concept of Windows 8 in general.

The only way I will upgrade is if game support stops for Windows 7. As for now I see no direct disadvantages for staying with Windows 7 and Ubuntu. I could upgrade my ram as far I NEED to with Windows 7, play whatever games and upgrade my video drivers, etc. Windows 8 is completely unncessary as far as I am concerned and should stick to tablets.

[QUOTE="jer_1"]Wow, windows 8 looks atrocious. I'd be willing to bet that lack of a start menu is the least of it's problems.Born_Lucky

[QUOTE="Born_Lucky"][QUOTE="jer_1"]Wow, windows 8 looks atrocious. I'd be willing to bet that lack of a start menu is the least of it's problems.FelipeInside

The more I see of Windows 8 the more I wish there was a real alternative to Microsofts increasingly bloated OS.

The more I see of Windows 8 the more I wish there was a real alternative to Microsofts increasingly bloated OS.

-wildflower-

...well, sort of... not from Microsoft...yet...

FelipeInside

Actually Microsoft said 8 would include the start menu, just after they announced Windows 8. I am sorry I did not provide a source. I also apologize for not reading the entire thread.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]

...well, sort of... not from Microsoft...yet...

visceron

Actually Microsoft said 8 would include the start menu, just after they announced Windows 8. I am sorry I did not provide a source. I also apologize for not reading the entire thread.

On Windows 8 Blog, he extensively talked about how he designed a better Start Screen and how irrelevent the old Start Menu is. And CP is actually a public beta equivelent. Even at Beta I remember Win7 already had taskbar and everything is very close to RTM? So, don't be supprised if Start Menu is indeed completely replaced. It is not the first time MS took away a useful feature, for example, the Up button that tons of users wanted in Win7.magicalclick

It still looks terrible though.murekkep

I feel that Windows 'W8ste' is going to be the decades Windows 'Mistake Edition' all over again.

I feel that Windows 'W8ste' is going to be the decades Windows 'Mistake Edition' all over again.

Metallic_Blade