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    BBC News - Microsoft unveils Windows 10 system with Start Menu

    So they took the start menu away then put it back and that produced two versions of windows?


    Sent from Arch Linux

    #2
    windows 8 as it should have been.

    8 isn't bad once you add the start menu and switch the worst of the nags off. nice & stable.
    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Unix View Post
      So they took the start menu away then put it back and that produced two versions of windows?


      They should have called it the 'rewind' button.

      They'll be lining up to pay for the business flavour or student edition or whatever.
      "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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        #4
        Snap enhancements - a new "quadrant layout" will allow four apps to be easily arranged on the same screen
        Didn't we have that in Windows 3.0 and 3.1(1)?
        Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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          #5
          Turns out this April Fools joke was closer to the mark than they realised

          Microsoft skips 'too good' Windows 9, jumps to Windows 10 | InfoWorld

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            #6
            It's so that businesses can upgrade. Windows 7 to 8 was never going to happen.
            Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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              #7
              Originally posted by vetran View Post
              windows 8 as it should have been.

              8 isn't bad once you add the start menu and switch the worst of the nags off. nice & stable.
              Only issues I have with 8 was the 8.1 upgrade which was a total mess. Also, the search could be better, still don't know why they haven't got this right. The 8.1 upgrade messed up my machine and for months after I had all kinds of mad issues. Had to reinstall from scratch and now its stable.

              A big improvement for me would be to integrate the modern ui applications with the desktop better. So the music player for example, rather than have a snap window and run it on the desktop, I would like to run it as a desktop app, resize etc.

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                #8
                Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
                It's so that businesses can upgrade. Windows 7 to 8 was never going to happen.
                I love 8.1 as a user, but it's a pain as an admin. They really forgot enterprise IT when they pushed it out and left us with a whole bunch of crap to faff with. I'm hoping this new one will be a nice combo of 8.1 and 7.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Unix View Post
                  BBC News - Microsoft unveils Windows 10 system with Start Menu

                  So they took the start menu away then put it back and that produced two versions of windows?
                  Bit like the UAC cockup in Vista/7 then.
                  Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                  I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                  Originally posted by vetran
                  Urine is quite nourishing

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by vetran View Post
                    windows 8 as it should have been.

                    8 isn't bad once you add the start menu and switch the worst of the nags off. nice & stable.
                    I don't even mind the start screen. The old fashioned multi-level start-menu seems rather clunky these days. Why on a 27" monitor am I having to navigate my mouse with pixel accuracy in one corner of the screen about 3x3"? It's so easy to pop out of a sub-menu by mistake.

                    The option to choose would be nice but I prefer just to hit Windows key and start typing what I want... of course you can do that in W7 but it's not as good.
                    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                    Originally posted by vetran
                    Urine is quite nourishing

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