Windows 8.1 Announced.

[Sop]

People said it was coming and it's already been discussed, so there's not much to type (other than "suck it naysayers!" or whatever), it's just official now.

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That feel when my Windows 8 is broken or something and won't let me connect to the Windows store.

 

[techboy]

Add the start menu that's already there?

You mean MS's idea of one that reduced my productivity? I put up with 8 for a month on a test machine. Still never got used to it.

Of course you can use just Win 7, but you will miss out on Win 8's enhancements if you do this. Or you can use Win 8 with classic shell and ??? profit!

I know, but even with a start menu a lot of stuff is still different.

I was looking online and found a program that lets me install the real Win7 shell though...http://microsoft-news.com/ex7forw8-windows-7-explorer-for-windows-8-hack/ Maybe I'll give that a shot at some point.

 

[YayMii]

I dislike how people hate on the 'lack' of a Start menu when the thing they call the 'Metro screen' is just a new version of it.
Personally I've been using Windows 8 since August 2012, and after getting used to it, I refuse to go back. I don't even use any Metro apps. Windows 8 boots faster, runs lighter, and has useful features in the new Explorer that I used to need external programs to do (such as ISO mounting).

 

[The Milkman]

You mean MS's idea of one that reduced my productivity? I put up with 8 for a month on a test machine. Still never got used to it.

How exactly did it reduce your productivity? What do you use your Start Menu for? Its essesntially the exact same thing, it just has bigger buttons and built in sorting.

 

[techboy]

How exactly did it reduce your productivity? What do you use your Start Menu for? Its essesntially the exact same thing, it just has bigger buttons and built in sorting.

I open a lot of different programs for the stuff I do and for software testing...and frequently, since at least 2 of them exit every time they finish. I may use my start menu well over 10 times an hour in some cases...

The fact that currently running desktop tasks get hidden when the start screen is opened is my biggest complaint, the second being how it's used. I had to scroll through long lists or type names (often full ones, since many start with the same thing) to find stuff...I just know where it is in a hierarchical menu.

The menu isn't the only thing that bothered me though...there was also the constant frustration from stuff like hotspot corners that I didn't mean to activate, remembering gestures instead of just having a button that does it, etc.

It's not so much that 8 is "bad" in general, it's just not conducive to me being productive, even after spending time with it. The fact that MS takes away my ability to be productive and instead tries to focus on making my PC into what is basically a toy is what makes me mad.

 

[RedCoreZero]

Of course you can use just Win 7, but you will miss out on Win 8's enhancements if you do this. Or you can use Win 8 with classic shell and ??? profit!

I heard long before 8 released, *microsoft is going to make 9 in two years.