>>>So Microsoft added the start button back to Win 8.1.
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>>>Great, eh?
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>>>Except they didn't add the start MENU, just a button that pops up the bull$hit metro full screen menu.
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>>>That was all it took. Our company got a glimpse of that this morning and now the policy is no win 8.x on desktops. Win 7 is the latest (and hopefully last) windows OS allowed.
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>>>WTF is with Microsoft? Did they actually think faking a start button would fix the damage they already did to Windows 8?
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>>>Speaking to the TS folks at our largest railroad client this morning confirmed they will not allow Win 8 in their organization as well.
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>>>Another big 'feature' is that with sufficient screen real estate you might be able to have 2, 3, even 4 apps onscreen at once. Gee - the next upgrade should feature a full screen command prompt and 80x24 character screen res.
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>>Windows 8 make me yell - I want Bill Gates BACK.
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>I agree. He did seem to know how to make software that users would want.

My take on this is that while they might make some home users happy with Windows 8 (touch screen finger friendly, metro tiles..etc) - they've at the same time managed to piss off all the business customers with the exact same features....ha