More Than 3 Out of 4 Enthusiasts Reject Windows 8

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  1. Posts : 6
    Win 7
       #280

    lehnerus2000 said:
    One of the real reasons was so that you would constantly have to go to the Metro screen and thus be exposed to the deluge of Live Tile ads that will soon be appearing (if W8 is successful).

    When MS found out that people were using a Registry hack to restore the Start Menu (in W8 DP) they DELIBERATELY stripped the code out of the subsequent versions.

    There is no reason that MS couldn't have achieved their so-called unified UI experience without removing the Start button (and replacing it with an invisible hotspot).
    Wow, that's nuts, but that makes so much sense.

    Ads, that was the link to this puzzle I've been missing. As they say, follow the money.
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  2. Posts : 16,132
    7 X64
       #281

    Not just ads.

    Bing apps. are on there - bing is struggling.

    Going to the store etc - skydrive - leads to other online stuff.

    They want you up there - using their stuff and paying subscrioptions.

    Keep shoving it at the users - they will bite.

    Bit by bit - like boiling a frog.
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  3. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #282

    I don't like to be a frog, LOL.
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  4. mjf
    Posts : 5,969
    Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1
       #283

    lehnerus2000 said:
    When MS found out that people were using a Registry hack to restore the Start Menu (in W8 DP) they DELIBERATELY stripped the code out of the subsequent versions.
    Is this really correct. If so MS need a management consultant to tell them the perils of "Group Think".

    So is it impossible to retrofit a Start menu now for W8?
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  5. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #284

    mjf said:
    lehnerus2000 said:
    When MS found out that people were using a Registry hack to restore the Start Menu (in W8 DP) they DELIBERATELY stripped the code out of the subsequent versions.
    Is this really correct. If so MS need a management consultant to tell them the perils of "Group Think".

    So is it impossible to retrofit a Start menu now for W8?
    You can still retrofit it with this app (forgot the name). I never bothered because I hardly ever use Windows 8.
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  6. Posts : 16,132
    7 X64
       #285

    Lots of 3rd party start menus have popped up to cater to the demand.

    Even the oem's are making them.

    3 dozen last time I looked. A few free ones - several are cheap 3-5 bucks.

    Some are making tens of millions of dollars, even at 5 bucks a license. I think stardock have made $30m on theirs alone. I bet thay can't believe they have been handed this goldmine.

    That tells you something.
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  7. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #286

    That may be a problem though. If M$ suddenly decided to reintroduce the Start menu, these guys that make millions may not be amused. M$ may have painted themselves into a corner.
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  8. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #287

    Do you think M$ would even care?
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  9. Posts : 16,132
    7 X64
       #288

    Exactly. They have made a packet now - damn lucky to get the chance.

    I have no idea how big stardock is. If they are just a handful of people - they are set up for life.

    If MS thinks they will benefit from putting in a new start menu, they will.

    Stardock are also making something else which looks like it will sell well. It is for making apps. run windowed on the desktop - instead of annoyingly covering up the whole screen.

    If MS can get a decent number to buy 8/blue - then it is much bigger maket for stardock to sell their other stuff to.
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  10. Posts : 172
    Windows 10 (64 bit)
    Thread Starter
       #289

    If they don't care about their customers why would they care about the vendors? It appears they only thing that may influence Microsoft if the bottom line. If enough customers reject Windows 8 they may make reinstate the start menu. It appear customer rejection of Office 365 cause Microsoft to change its policy of only allowing an install one one computer without the possibility of a transfer.

    The problem is this is leaving me with a very bad impression of Microsoft's business practices, since it is conveying to me a customer be damned attitude.
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