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32. I remember when people thought the start button sucked.

Tue May 7, 2013, 09:57 AM

May 2013

"To shut down you hit the START button?"

I upgraded both my home desktops to Windows 8 when they were offering $40 Windows 8 pro upgrades. It boots way faster, allows me to remote between desktops, and buys me an extra 5 years of OS support.

I don't understand people who think the interface is so awful. One click gets you to the desktop if you want it. Or you can add any app to the start menu by selecting it from the apps list. You can just start typing anytime to find apps. And right clicking where the start button used to be pulls up a whole nice list of admin type options.

I prefer the Windows 7 format as well, and miss the clock more than anything, but to say it's the worst OS ever because the format of the start menu is different is a bit of a stretch.

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