Windows 9 Leak: Metro Apps Windowed Mode and More Start Menu

[Exotath]

I like the new look a lot honestly. Looking forward to it.

[deviant88]

Amazing they are gonna resell windows 8.1 for 100$ with just a start menu feature,and i tought DLC in games is bullshit.They are going to fix a mistake and ask us 100$+ for it phew...

 

WHERE ARE THE ACTUAL NEW FEATURES ?!!?!?

 

[deathjester]

Amazing they are gonna resell windows 8.1 for 100$ with just a start menu feature,and i tought DLC in games is bullshit.They are going to fix a mistake and ask us 100$+ for it phew...

 

WHERE ARE THE ACTUAL NEW FEATURES ?!!?!?

 

 

Windows 7 was just fixed Vista. So it isn't unprecedented. Cool racket MS has isn't it?

 

Windows 3.1 should also be called "modern" now, since it had full screen apps. Also gigantic blocks that take up more real estate on a desktop = modern. Whatever though. As long as all that crap can be unpinned, the charms menu dies in a fire, then people will be happy.

 

If it less customizable than freakin Win 8 with "Start is back", which people can make third party, then MS can fix it with 9.1, or claim they are, and then not, kind of like how they said start bar was back in 8.1.

 

Funny thing? MS made a ton of money making a bad OS. 

 

1) They got money from the OEM from all in ones, laptops for 8.

2) They then sold people Win 7 at the same price as 8, which people gladly paid. Win 7 has a shorter support (2020) then 8 will, so more money in the future.

3) They withhold all new features from 7 (already were with DirectX 11.2/11.2), and can sell people 9.

 

One person. 3 OS's in a short time. Good job on fleecing PC users MS. 

[shiftberry]

seriously why not make a proper desktop copy without this metro fuss!

 

metro ui is reserved only to tablets... gosh!

 

seriously MS ._.

[Trik'Stari]

You know what? After watching Barnacules video about getting laid off from microsoft after 15 years of hard work, I will not be buying windows 9.

 

I'll stick with w7 for now, and focus heavily on Linux in my upcoming tech classes.

 

I'm not going to support a company that lays off 18000 people (in a completely random way it seems) just because they've been stupid and shot their profit margin in the foot, so they decide, well lets just fire a bunch of people, and keep doing the same stupid shit.

[Kamina]

$100 upgrade for start menu. Cool!

 

It's free if you get just get classicshell, startisback, or start8.

[Opcode]

I like the Metro UI, however, I don't care for any of this "news". I want to see performance improvments. Boot times, higher benchmark scores, lower resource usage, etc.

Windows 8 brought under the hood performance improvements and Windows 8.1 brought resource dependency reductions. So all Microsoft really needs to do is polish the OS to make a great one.

 

Windows 8.1 + Classic Start Menu (w/ Live Tiles) = Profit

[pk-man]

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."  Is it really that hard to understand, MS?

 

Microsoft is really hellbent on jamming Metro into our mouths......

[Eroda]

With windows 8 they should have just allowed a switching between metro and this start menu in the options, there would be almost no complaints then

[AndThenThereWas1]

Am i missing something because im seeing "windows 8.1 pro" on the screen shots?

[GoodBytes]

REPOST

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/180968-purportedly-leaked-windows-9-screenshot-shows-new-start-menu/

and was showed at Microsoft BUILD event:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/134772-windows-81-update-for-making-it-more-mice-and-keybourd-friendly/

This is nothing new.

Please use the search.

[Dietrichw]

REPOST

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/180968-purportedly-leaked-windows-9-screenshot-shows-new-start-menu/

and was showed at Microsoft BUILD event:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/134772-windows-81-update-for-making-it-more-mice-and-keybourd-friendly/

This is nothing new.

Please use the search.

these are older builds and versions, the point of this was showing stuff that wasn't shown in those

[GoodBytes]

these are older builds and versions, the point of this was showing stuff that wasn't shown in those

It shows the start menu and metro apps being in windowed.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Looks fine to me.

 

I was actually beginning to warm up to the first Metro UI in W8. I'm not trying to be insulting to people who disagree, but I think it's time to move on to new things and stop being so stubborn.

I think users should stand up angst software that suck and not just deal with it. Use linux or mac. Or keep using and buying windows 7 but when you buy 8 you are telling them that people want touch and giant buttons

[ducecake]

I dislike the fact that they try to make us use metro and put it in front of our faces no matter what. While I am glad the old start menu is coming back kinda I do not like how on the same menu there is nasty metro icons staring at me eating my soul. 

[kuddlesworth9419]

It still looks as flat as paper. I don't like the colourful design of it. The UI should be plain and simple if people want it to look super colourful leave that to their own wallpapers or themes. Also the themes need to be easier to install rather than having to rummage through folders and installing different things to get the theme you wanted it should be as easy as installing a theme through the store or a programs section. Like what Linux has but even easier than that.