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Microsoft Won't Bring Back the Start Menu Until 2015

Posted by samzenpus on from the coming-soon dept.

DroidJason1 (3589319) writes "Microsoft recently announced plans to reintroduce the Start Menu to Windows in an upcoming version of the operating system. While the plan was to roll out an update to Windows 8.1 and offer the Start menu later this year, it seems like this is no longer the case. Now Microsoft is reportedly looking to release the Start Menu with Windows 9, which is expected in April of 2015. Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 have faced a boat load of criticism and hatred, partly due to the removal of the Start button and Start menu. The restoration of a visible Start button on the taskbar was one of the key features of the Windows 8.1 update, released back in October of 2013."

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  1. Why bother? by whizbang77045 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Why would anyone want to start anything on Windows 8?

  2. Yeah, I brought it back in 2014 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    I installed Windows 7.

  3. flame away, but... by shadowrat · · Score: 5, Informative

    I received a windows 8 machine at work to fix some compatibility issues with my product. I bitched and moaned about how awful it was for a month. Then i let out a stream of periodic muffled profanities every time some weird unrequested interface took over my laptop from out of nowhere. Then months went by and i realized something:

    Windows 8 is not really that bad. I know how to find all the stuffs now. I know how to shut it down. I know how to avoid having intrusive metro apps popping up. I no longer care if the start menu comes back or not. It's all still there. It actually seems to perform quite well. start up and shutdown times are decent. sleep when i close the lid seems to work. I'm through bitching and i just want to get on with my work. At this point, i'd rather it just stay the way it is.

    1. Re:flame away, but... by ClownPenis · · Score: 2, Informative

      You know. You are actually right. Interface aside the rest of the "shit behind the scenes", seems pretty good.

      With an SSD in a new laptop it boots in about 3-4 seconds.

  4. Re:Every Other OS by jones_supa · · Score: 5, Informative

    Because those lists are not true. They always conveniently forget a release in between, or describe a release as good/bad even if it actually was the opposite.

  5. Who needs it anyways by penguinoid · · Score: 3, Informative

    Who needs the most used button anyways?

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  6. Re:8.1 !=Start Menu.. Why Win8 was doomed... by jones_supa · · Score: 3, Informative

    Windows 2000 is crap? It's one of the golden releases, in my opinion the best one after 7.

  7. I am using Windows 8 by eieken · · Score: 5, Informative

    And I can't do it without Classic Shell. Classic Shell, making Windows 8 Bearable.

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  8. Re:I don't understand by preaction · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's never as simple as you think: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/...