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Kroze said:
Just echoing what MMNTech said, the whole OS is designed for a tablet. Would you install an iPhone iOS 7 on your desktop or laptop PC and have that as the operating system? That's what microshit did and they've been trying to unfuck it ever since (Windows 8.0 --> 8.1 ---> 8.2 soon)

8.1 "grant" you the ability to boot into desktop mode instead of that POS Metrosexual interface.

8.2 will...give you the start menu back. :whiste:

Booting into desktop with a start menu, who would have thought :colbert:
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I would have that same opinion, but for a REALLY low price, I tried it.

And find that it is better for me. Things aren't as direct in being one to one the same, but it functions like Windows should, just presented differently and may take more effort with some peripherals to use.

And this "presented differently" is what I find good. Again, a quick start key press and unpress to go back to a previous work area, is what I use (for live tile checks). A (now implemented cue) in 8.1, a down arrow to see what you see in "All Programs" of Start Menu. Settings is still settings that leads to expanded configuration options - but a power option exists with the now visible Start icon cue.

Again, disconnects at times between what Microsoft wants in function between "PC Settings" and Control Panel, wireless information checking, are some of my concrete complaints. Also, there is not any directly shown tutorial for letting people know you can pin many admin functions on the Start screen, anything even folders, but you can't pin plain files.

The fact that the desktop with their icons and the Start screen is practically redundant, you still either "Show Desktop" to use the icons, or "Start icon" to show tiles to access. My Computer icon rants are solved by simply knowing File Explorer on the taskbar essentially does the same thing.

And remember, just because an older option is made available again, does not mean a new option is inherently and completely wrong. And just because one thinks specialized devices is good, that doesn't mean it is completely good (having a tablet, laptop, and all supported accessories for each, with computing functions overlapping almost everywhere along with carry weight). As for a desktop UI, for the reasons I mentioned above, it is no different. Some are inflexible and have a concrete mindset to things with no analysis other than subjective opinions that often want to be passed as fact.

Want more "fact"? Many mouse and trackpad users will inevitably find more dragging (with acceleration at default or not tweaked to liking) to use some wide spread menus and tiles of the Start screen. But some almost always put up with a full screen interface in desktop programs anyways for menu and context access. Hell, most of the time, my browser window either "almost" take up the screen, or is maximized. Yet people complain about the full screen nature of "apps"?

When you click the Start menu, your eyes drift to that corner anyways. No different than presenting the menu full screen where your eyes would be to navigate as well.

What do I know? I am but one data point in the pool of humanity.
 
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Imaginer

Imaginer

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Kroze said:
Booting into desktop with a start menu, who would have thought :colbert:
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Booting to a desktop in the past and what do (in my opinion) many users do? Click the Start menu to start running things. Or click their icon on the desktop to start running things.
 
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