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Report: Windows Start menu to return in Windows 8.2
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2013 Dec 12, 2:58am 933 views 4 comments
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skinnyninja
2013 Dec 13, 12:43pm
skinnyninja
2013 Dec 13, 12:43pm
I had to use Win 8 the other day.
Number one, it did not boot to a desktop with icons and stuff. Huh?
Number two, where is my damn start menu?
At that point I was pissed. Real pissed. This ain't no freaking tablet, I got work to do here people!
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2070705/report-windows-start-menu-to-return-in-windows-8-2.html
In what could be one of the more startling reversals since New Coke, a report released Monday claims that Microsoft will bring back a Windows 7-style Start menu to what is being called Windows 8.2.
Paul Thurrott of WinSuperSite reported Monday that Windows 8.2, also known as Threshold, will include a Start menu as well as the ability of Windows 8 or “Metro†apps to run on the desktop itself.
Microsoft has yet to confirm the report, and given that Windows 8.2 “Threshold†is being bandied about as a early 2015 release, there’s certainly time for Microsoft to cancel its decision (or redesign a Start menu several times).
Microsoft representatives did not return a request for comment by press time.
Think about it, though. As a technical achievement, adding a Windows 7-style Start menu to Windows 8 is rather small potatoes. But it underscores Microsoft’s recurring fear: Windows 8.1 didn’t go far enough. Instead, to boost Windows 8 out of the sub-10 percent cellar it currently resides, Microsoft apparently feels that Windows 8 needs to provide a Windows 7 experience to those who want it.
And with the ability to boot to the desktop, access apps via the Start menu, and launch Metro apps via Windows on the desktop, there seems to be a good chance that users will be able to bury the Metro-styled, Windows 8 Start page where it will never be seen again.