The future for two years, maybe...

I reckon that to being told the ability to install and use programs on external drives would be phased out.

No offense, but I'm one of kinda folk who don't like cluttering up the HHD's on they're PC.

The way Win8 is set up completely negates my preferred setup. I have my start menu taskbar placed on the right side of my screen.

It's what works for me when I solo with just a keyboard. Win8 is not keyboard friendly to me - at least not without memorizing cheat sheet of shortcuts.

@kingpost I really don't get why people say windows 8 is not keyboard and mouse friendly. I have windows 8 on my surface rt and running on my work laptop that is 3 years old.

On my surface I only use the keyboard and mouse when working on the desktop side of the os or in ie. The new ui I use my fingers for.

On my laptop I use 3 new ui apps remote desktop, weather and Xbox music the rest are x32 apps.

Now back to the start menu on both my surface and laptop I have setup the start menu with all the apps I use and need and put them into groups. So I now have everything I need on the start screen. I have things that you got on the old style like my computer, most used documents and apps but I also have things like all my drives and network drives, hyper v app, box and SkyDrive. Web sites I need to access quick or alot ect. Now to me the new start screw is better than the old start menu as everything can be put onto it where we could not do that before.

My only issue with the start screen is they should of had 3 size icon from day one but that is coming in 8.1.

Also the new start menu is also quicker than the old one as you pin what you want to it click the start key and click the icon on the start screen where before to access your network drive you had to out a short cut on the desktop and minimise everything to get to the short cut or click start open my computer and access the drive. On the new one you hit the start key and click on the drive that os on it.

I really don't get the - about the new stat screen on the web I think people just like to moan about anything they can. Look at N4G at the moment its been about the Wiiu for a few months now its about the Xbox one sad really.