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You can modify which programs display on the start screen, move them around and group similar programs together just by clicking and dragging. If you want the "old" start button, download Windows Classic Shell and you can have a Windows 98-style menu.

What makes you think MS is forcing you to use this? Ever heard of OS X? Hackintosh? linux? OS/2 and its derivatives? What hoops are you being forced to jump through? We won't even know until average users are allowed to try this thing out and form their own opinions (independent of the...

You are also forgetting the price to the author. Producing an ebook is quite a bit harder than formatting galley proofs for a physical book. The pages must be formatted for 6"X7", contain hypertext bookmarks (made by hand, in most cases) and be divided into sections that can be easily...

I don't see how any of that is "ugly." Quite functional, I think.

This is an excellent point and is a great summary of this whole thread. I think Vista was great (but maybe only for us hackers). --It was really good on paper. There are numerous intellectual reasons that it was a genius set-up, but, in the end, perhaps it was Aero that did it in. I am more...

The operative words, of course are "1998" and "blog." Windows XP's filesystem was NTFS 3.1. MS added file encryption features (EFS) and long-name file support,and renamed it "5.0" to indicate that additional capabilities were made to the 3.1 on-disk format. "NTFS5", at that time, was just the...

I find that the more I use Metro, the more I am charmed by it. I think this will be the case with a lot of people. If your computer is what you use for work, you might eventually look at Win8 from a productivity standpoint and not from that of a hobbyist. It is natural for the hobbyist to...

I think there is yet another reason not to "dual-boot" or triple-boot." What happens when you are done testing the other OS? Your system contains one small Windows (Linux, OS/2, Hackintosh, BSD or any others) -readable partition and several other partitions that the host bootloader does not...

I don't get understand the numbers, myself, but they are accurate. I don't think it means an OS is good or bad. It is an interesting factoid, though. Personally, I think Vista is a little too resource-hungry for my taste.

Actually, no. Windows XP is still available (just not supported) and used on over 30% of all internet-connected computers. You can buy genuine discs anywhere (even ones that come with Service pack 3 already patched in). In addition, Internet Explorer 8 is still alive and well and usable by...

What I meant was a more easily accessible tab bar. This is great for a tablet PC (or a phone), but it is a hassle for a desktop user. The "tabs" open and close very slowly and there are only two options for them: on and off." The history bar (F4) is a much more useful way of getting around...

My mistake. I never use the mouse or touch in Metro. On a desktop PC, such movement (reaching up to the screen and down do the keyboard) is ergonomically unhealthy. I expect that business users will not use a touch screen, either. Tablets are smaller than Desktop monitors and have, in...

My point about playing World of Warcraft on a desktop PC as opposed to running business software at a workstation was meant to illustrate the vastly different needs of a corporation and a desktop user. I do play WoW on my Windows 8 box and it does really well, for me.

I don't get how we are being "forced" to buy a product that a company is selling very cheaply. Are we likewise forced to shop at Walmart, Sears or Target? I think so. Last week, I was amazed to find my groceries forced into a bag and physically packed into the back of my car. Naturally, I was...

I don't think we will know any of this until it is released and goes through its first initial patches. No one is forcing anything on anybody. Corporate users can just as easily use commercial UNIX which is well supported and very stable. The operative word is "workstation," these employees will...

Win Vista was a revolutionary OS, in its day. IUt introduced many of the security fixtures that are now a part of Windows 7 and 8. It also introduced transactional NTFS 6.0 allowing techies to journalize and measure every part of a filesystem's activity. True, it did take, on average, 16...

I hope that MS will let users continue with Win7 for a very long time. It's was a revolutionary OS and deserves a place among their best products. Some times Windows 8 feels like a bit of a minor upgrade, albeit with a completely new character and interface.

What can the average Windows 8 user do to influence the future of the Apple or Windows operating systems? Sure, Linux users can submit applications and contribute intellectually, but Windows users have a "Release Preview" edition that is pretty much set in stone as to the final product. I've...

As far as I know (and it's not much), Culley wanted to conduct business with an IBM-style marketing method. He increased Apple's net worth from 18 million to 8 billion (50%). He was once CEO of PepsiCo. He was forced out in 1993 because of his controversial business ideas that conflicted with...

I think he means "Home Theater Personal Computer." I think it's a very interesting question but I, for one, use Windows 8 "Release Preview" as a regular desktop computer to do various things for school, my job and even for games like Warcraft and Diablo. In my opinion, The ultimate home...