Hi there
W8 doesn't need to be saved. Evolution will morph it into what it needs to be .
We are currently in a position where the desktop is still the "Default" scenario for a lot of computer users. Given even a year or two this will change and desktops will be a minority (maybe still a significant minority but still a minority).
Ms needs to concentrate on making its OS available for NEW hardware rather than concentrate on legacy devices as its core product. Desktop users can stay quite happily with W7 -- why should they change if they don't like W8 -- W7 as Ms says will still be supported until at least 2020.
Of corse mistakes will be made along the way - but Ms IMO has made the right decision -- and really peeps for a tiny 5 USD (or even freebies) you can make W8 look almost identical to W7 if you must.
And some people like me who have got used to W8 do NOT actually WANT the start menu back -- I find using toolbars a much better idea anyway.
Windows 8 RT is an unfortunate name -- they should perhaps have called it some variant of Windows mobile or Windows CE. That much I'll agree with but I don't think W8 (or its successor) will be a failure. Wait and see.
Cheers
jimbo
Jimbo,
I'm assuming you have figured out how to easily toggle between multiple programs from the windows 8 start menu then? I'm currently a grad student and need to run and toggle between several programs at once in order to easily complete my assignments (I need Microsoft excel, word, endnote, powerpoint, dropbox, etc. while accessing many internet tabs ). I can do this from the default scenario (i.e. the "old windows" screen), but not the start menu where all the programs are located, creating an extra step for each program needed to complete my assignment; and the whole process seems basically unfeasible from the windows 8 start menu. If you have a easy solution for this dilemma, that would be great. I have been trying to figure out way to streamline the workload in such a way that it would be comparable to windows 7 for several hours now with no success. Thanks!
-zjud