I Don't Miss My Start Menu
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Start Screen, The Start Menu's Replacement |
Windows 8
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Traditional Desktop with Music App snapped next to it. |
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Cut the Rope App with Weather App snapped along side of it. |
I've seen several reviews saying that the Windows App Store is rather anemic at the moment. While I agree with this, the fact of the matter is, this is still a full blown version of Windows so if you have an .exe file, for a program you want to run, you can still do that.
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Games section of App Store |
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Netflix App |
For "Power Users" all the traditional Windows things are there such as the Computer Management, Disk
Manager, and other more under the hood type utilities.
Bottom line, if you use Windows 7 already, Windows 8 is a faster prettier version of that sans a start menu. At first the lack of a start menu was annoying, but after a day or so of being forced not to use it, I actually don't miss it. I went with 8 instead of 7 because 8 does away with Aero which makes my almost 4 year old laptop run like a dream. So, do you need to buy it? I would say if you have a newer machine that has an i3/5/7 processor and is running Windows 7 then no you don't need this. Should you buy it? If you have an older, dual core machine, then at $40 bucks, it's a fairly cheap way to breath some new life into an old machine. Then again, at $40 bucks, it's also fairly cheap for someone who is just a geek who enjoys tinkering with new things. Am I happy I bought it, yes, yes I am :-)
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