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Leaked Build of Windows 9 Shows Start Menu Return

Billly Gates writes A leaked alpha of Windows 9 has been brewing on the internet. Today a screenshot shows what MS showed us at BUILD which includes a start menu with additional tiny tiles for things like people, calendar, pc settings, and news etc. "The new hybridized Start menu appears to be part of build 9788, which was compiled on July 4. While no one seems to have leaked the ISOs for build 9788 yet, the general consensus seems to be that the build does indeed exist somewhere at Microsoft — and that it might also feature Windows NT kernel version 6.4 (i.e. the complete version number is 6.4.9788). The screenshots show a Windows 8.1 Pro watermark, but this isn’t unusual for a very early alpha of a new build of Windows. If this really is the next version of the Windows NT kernel, then we’re most likely looking at an early build of Windows 9 (Threshold) rather than Windows 8.2."

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  1. Re:Fuck Tiles! by geekoid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I suspect you just like to hate MS and anything they change.
    Tiles make accessing everything a lot easier.
    Easier to search, 1 click access to everything I use even semi-regularly.
    I don't want the start button back. I'ts baffling to me anyone would want it back, at best it's two additional clicks, at worse it led to hunting around looking for something.

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  2. Re:Microsoft is wasting people's time by geekoid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    " And Windows 8 as is is ONLY oriented towards tablets"
    false.

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  3. Re:Microsoft is wasting people's time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Or you could learn how to use it. But that would mean not being a moron.