09-14-2011, 05:22 PM
That start menu button doesn't even open the regular start menu as you know it. It opens that tiled view, almost like it's in another workspace. The desktop goes away and you're brought to a main page location, and from that area, there's a little tab or "tile" linking back to the desktop.
It would take some time getting used to, but I do like some of the visual, from what i've seen, the hardest part would be opening programs...
Unless you have them pinned onto your desktop taskbar, there's no way to get to them, unless you use the old {Windows Key} + E shortcut, OR you have Windows Explorer pinned to the taskbar (which it has by default). I liked the speed of the start menu search, which isn't available anymore. If you know the location or it's in the system32 folder or an environment variable you could always just type the name of the program in the RUN command though. I didn't find any "paint.exe" though. They must have cut that out of the OS as a default program completely. They should have kept it though. Maybe it's just because this is a developers preview build?
It's not bad though, I wouldn't mind having Windows 8 down the road, but i'm not going to be paying for it for a long time. I'll stick with my Windows 7 for now, and if the price goes down, then maybe, otherwise, Windows 9 it is, and i'm cashing it in on that OS so i'm not out of date when i'm still running 7.
It would take some time getting used to, but I do like some of the visual, from what i've seen, the hardest part would be opening programs...
Unless you have them pinned onto your desktop taskbar, there's no way to get to them, unless you use the old {Windows Key} + E shortcut, OR you have Windows Explorer pinned to the taskbar (which it has by default). I liked the speed of the start menu search, which isn't available anymore. If you know the location or it's in the system32 folder or an environment variable you could always just type the name of the program in the RUN command though. I didn't find any "paint.exe" though. They must have cut that out of the OS as a default program completely. They should have kept it though. Maybe it's just because this is a developers preview build?
It's not bad though, I wouldn't mind having Windows 8 down the road, but i'm not going to be paying for it for a long time. I'll stick with my Windows 7 for now, and if the price goes down, then maybe, otherwise, Windows 9 it is, and i'm cashing it in on that OS so i'm not out of date when i'm still running 7.