ZDnet - There are plenty of legitimate concerns about the Windows 8 interface. But if you think the removal of the Start menu is the root cause of those problems, you're mistaken. See for yourself.
The cloud storage platform will drop support for older versions of Windows in early 2022.
Microsoft responded with Windows 8 and its Surface RT tablet.
In the earliest days of the Surface, it was hard to shake the notion that the line was something of a reference design for Windows 8.
Though it will be nice to have it back.
..... But I thought this was the main complaint?
It's faster than windows 7 in just about every way. It has the regular desktop, just no start menu for the people who do not want to learn the gestures. You dont even have to use the metro app screen, unless you want to. My wife never uses hers. She goes straight to desktop.
What else should they do?
and we go again! More lame excuses
i didnt like win8 at first , but i got to experience it when i bought a laptop a month ago .
i thought i would change the OS to 7 when im free , by the time i got some free time i was already used to it and i actually learned more shortcuts and commands for windows when i used it .
The problem is the management at Microsoft. They see thousands of people hating on windows 8 for not having the start button and not one of them was smart enough to bring back the start button to windows before launch. They think the guys who complain on the internet are the minority but who do they think the non PC guys go to for advice before upgrading. One of the things that gets on my nerves about that company in the recent years is that they don't think their audience is smart enough to look for alternatives if they see something they don't like.
The days of people complaining about products then buying it anyways are long gone Microsoft wake up!