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Start Menu May Arrive in Windows 8.1 Update 3
Read .. more delays. Microsoft’s Terry Myerson revealed that the beloved Start Menu would return to the Windows platform in the near future, but didn’t specify an actual release date. Presumably it was going to launch in Windows 8.1 Update 2. Now sources are reporting that the Start Menu will not arrive until Windows 8.1 Update 3, available in Spring 2015.
Unnamed sources report that Windows 8.1 Update 3 will take place in Spring 2015, the same window that Windows 9 "Threshold" was supposed to be released. Does that mean Windows 9 is already seeing a delay? Sources now point to a Q2/Q3 window for "Threshold," which could mean that Update 3 will be released in April and Windows 9 in June.
Popular Windows leaker WZOR reports that Update 2 will be free to Windows 8.1 Update 1 users, and sold to all other Windows customers at an "affordable price." The same holds true for Windows 9: customers who upgraded to Update 3 will get the new OS for free. That sounds a bit "off," as Microsoft made Windows 7 users pay $40 for the Windows 8 upgrade when it was first released. Then again, we've heard this "free" argument before, as Microsoft supposedly wants everyone on the newest version.
In a separate report by a user at EightForums, "Indianatone" called Microsoft about an activation issue. In the conversation, this person asked about when Windows 9 would be released, and was told that it would arrive in about a year. This same rep also admitted that customer support was currently being trained for Windows 8.1 Update 2, which will be released in August or September through Windows Store, weighing 3 GB: the same as Update 1.
WZOR indicated last week that Microsoft plans to have a huge internal event sometime this week to discuss the overall plans for Windows. Update 2 is expected to get an RTM escrow during the event, and will be distributed to Microsoft employees willing to take the new OS for a test drive. In turn this trial will help Microsoft track down the software leakers. Via Tom's hardware.
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Full Start menu back with Windows 8.2 - 12/10/2013 09:54 AM
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New Windows 8.1 Start menu details - 06/25/2013 09:23 AM
Users of Windows 8.1 will partly get the old Windows 7 start menu functionality back. Next to that it will also be possible to skip the Metro start up screen during boot. Hot corners will be able to g...
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#4860741 Posted on: 06/29/2014 05:35 AM
This is why I have so many hard drives. My blu-ray rips are 1:1
Yep, everybody enjoys their 20gb/movie downloads for their 50 movie per terabyte library.
This is why I have so many hard drives. My blu-ray rips are 1:1
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#4861247 Posted on: 06/29/2014 09:58 PM
Just a small percentage of desktop users even like metro.
The majority hate it for anything but touch. Most desktop users use a startbar solution of some kind.
It's cool that you like it on desktop, but most people have not "moved on".
I didn't say I liked it in desktop, I just find it difficult to understand why all the hate towards something you hardly ever use, also you should know that this "majority" of people hating it are just an small percentage of the people that use windows, like us, the guys that actually want to express their hate on internet forums, the rest of the world doesn't give a damn about this, they simply stick to their w7 desks or enjoy their new shining touchscreen laptop or aio
It's the thing you type stuff in before you press Enter.
^this is what the start menu does for desktop users, the same it did for w7, you hit start then type then hit enter and you barely get to see it
Just a small percentage of desktop users even like metro.
The majority hate it for anything but touch. Most desktop users use a startbar solution of some kind.
It's cool that you like it on desktop, but most people have not "moved on".
I didn't say I liked it in desktop, I just find it difficult to understand why all the hate towards something you hardly ever use, also you should know that this "majority" of people hating it are just an small percentage of the people that use windows, like us, the guys that actually want to express their hate on internet forums, the rest of the world doesn't give a damn about this, they simply stick to their w7 desks or enjoy their new shining touchscreen laptop or aio
It's the thing you type stuff in before you press Enter.
^this is what the start menu does for desktop users, the same it did for w7, you hit start then type then hit enter and you barely get to see it
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#4861283 Posted on: 06/29/2014 10:29 PM
Who cares?
(Classic shell user)
Yep. My thoughts exactly. As I am sure that Microsoft will find some way to screw this up, I'll be sticking with Classic Shell for all my start menu needs.
Who cares?
(Classic shell user)
Yep. My thoughts exactly. As I am sure that Microsoft will find some way to screw this up, I'll be sticking with Classic Shell for all my start menu needs.
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#4861373 Posted on: 06/30/2014 01:09 AM
Oh geezus.... More arguing over the start menu..... I just love watching "techies" kick the **** out of a dead horse.... If you haven't actually tried Windows8.x, STFU. You don't know enough to have an opinion. If you actually tried Windows8.x and it didn't work for you. Go back to Windows7 and STFU.
Oh geezus.... More arguing over the start menu..... I just love watching "techies" kick the **** out of a dead horse.... If you haven't actually tried Windows8.x, STFU. You don't know enough to have an opinion. If you actually tried Windows8.x and it didn't work for you. Go back to Windows7 and STFU.
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Just as much as they enjoy poorly designed interfaces.