Anyone else not really bothered by win 8?

[Erlenmeyer]

It might be defeating the point but with start8 and mobile mix it is very usable

[Disturbedguy]

I absolutely agree with this !! Tried to find control panel to uninstall some software is a nightmare and there is no START on taskbar. I don't know how long it take for me to get used with it.

No Start button, while it's a pain isn't really that big an issue, and neither is control panel.
Press windows key, start to type control and there it is.

While its not the best, it just takes some getting used to.

[Phage]

Right click where the start buton used to be.

[Splash]

For a thread all about how "not really bothered" people are about an operating system there sure seems to be a lot of comment...

[shaithis]

Right click where the start buton used to be.

Or learn to love "Winkey + X"

Either works fine and the "button" is back in 8.1 and available for right-clicking....

[garin94]

Not sure if this is mentioned but I found adding a toolbar to the taskbar which shortcuts to the Programs area very useful.

Method:

Right click on the toolbar -> toolbars -> new toolbar

Paste the following into the 'directory' bar at the top..

%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Click OK, Voila!

Also, I added the Control Panel, userfiles & My Computer to the desktop. Right click and personalize -> Change desktop items and tick the relevant boxes.

[Sarahbay]

The only thing I find absolutely ridiculous is that if you have Windows 8 pre-installed you first have to pay to upgrade it to another version, and then you can downgrade it to 7.. Obviously they don't want to make it any easy for users to downgrade, but I guess it's understandable from their point of view..

[tates11]

As of now, not even a bit bothered but would surely be when win7 would become obsolete

[joeee353]

Personally, I like Windows 8 mainly because of the slight increased performance compared to Windows 7, I just want to wait for 8.1 to be released, so I can get rid of that Metro start thing much more easily

[hacksaw24]

win8 sucks.i like windows 7 a lot more.windows 7 ultimate..the best OS version for me!

[Alicia]

win 8 is a little bit boring for me!

[soudazhou]

WIN + R is actually quite good once you get used to it

[dodgydrains]

Everyone hates change, I am glad that Windows 8.1 is bringing back the start button and will now probably upgrade.

[Disturbedguy]

Everyone hates change, I am glad that Windows 8.1 is bringing back the start button and will now probably upgrade.

Start button is useless.

It just takes you back to the tiled screen.

[Dooms]

Start button is useless.

It just takes you back to the tiled screen.

Indeed I think when most people demanded the Start Button back they actually wanted the entire Start Menu back but M$ gave people what they asked for, not what they wanted

I think the tile list is awful, you can't even see full program names as it cuts most of them off - We have got round it at work on the test machines by creating a toolbar on taskbar to the Start > Programfiles dir

[shaithis]

Start button is useless.

It just takes you back to the tiled screen.

I must say, when I installed the preview and clicked it I laughed.

Since then I have taken humour from telling everyone who keeps going on about the start "button" that it's back....but I always tell then with a very wry smile