>>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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>It wouldn't surprise me that version 9 will look and work like a video game.

Perhaps like an XBox One? In the press conference the one big selling point described for it was that it was going to be a great way to watch TV.

Speaking of the XBox.One... Apparently the Kinect system (camera and motion sensor) isn't always on -- you turn it on by standing in front of the console and wave your hand. So... if it is not on, how does it know if you're standing in front and waving your hand so that it can turn on?