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You realize, of course, that if MS does not include a Start Button on Windows 8, people will install one for free off the net, if they want to.
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Let's Take a Vote!!!!
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Yes, but they might as well remove diskmgmt - you can get a 3rd party partitioner.
Oh and notepad - try notepad++ instead, Oh and paint - plenty of alternatives out there, Oh and the snipping tool - lots of alternative screncap programs , Oh and ....
Oh and notepad - try notepad++ instead, Oh and paint - plenty of alternatives out there, Oh and the snipping tool - lots of alternative screncap programs , Oh and ....
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If they remove Windows, will there be MacOS or Linux? Enquiring minds.... 
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Linux is going in the same direction. Have you seen the Ubuntu Unity desktop or Gnome 3? OK they have a start menu of sorts but it fill the whole screen.
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I voted No. It doesn't mean it is dead, just Microsoft won't reinstate it for a choice by default. It will probably turn up some time down the line as a theme (official MS) that allows your system to look and feel like Windows 7/Vista, but it will not be crowed about.
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- HP COMPAQ Presario CQ57
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- AMD E- 300 APU with Radion HD Graphics 1.30GHz
- Motherboard
- inbuilt
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- 4GB
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- ATI
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- High Definition Audio on-board
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- notebook
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Google drive 15GB
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- no Start menu modifications
Upgraded with no issues to 8.0 and to 8.1