http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/30 ... e_changes/
Microsoft's Windows 8.1 secrets REVEALED ... sort of
Redmond lifts the veil on anticipated 'Blue' update
By Neil McAllister in San Francisco • Get more from this author
Posted in Operating Systems, 30th May 2013 19:45 GMT
After weeks of teasing us with vague promises, Microsoft has at last revealed some concrete details of what will be included in Windows 8.1, the update formerly known as "Blue."
Describing the response to Windows 8 as "substantial," (You can say that again – Ed) Windows corporate VP Antoine Leblond wrote in a blog post on Thursday that Microsoft has listened to customers' comments and has crafted the new update accordingly.
"It's Windows 8 even better," Leblond wrote. "Not only will Windows 8.1 respond to customer feedback, but it will add new features and functionality that advance the touch experience and mobile computing's potential."
Start button yes, Start menu no
First, the stuff we already knew. As far as the oft-lamented Start button is concerned, Lablonde confirmed what we learned earlier this week, which is that although Windows 8.1 will have something that looks like a Start button, it will really be nothing more than a proxy for the hardware Windows key.
"We've improved the way you navigate to Start with the mouse by changing the Start 'tip' to be the familiar Windows logo," Lablonde wrote. "The new tip appears anytime you move the mouse to the bottom left corner of the screen, and is always visible on the taskbar when on the desktop."
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I can haz "start" button?
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Windows 8? It can just fuck off ... 
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History will show Windows peaked at 7.klr wrote:Windows 8? It can just fuck off ...
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I peaked into windows at 7. 
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rEvolutionist wrote:I peaked into windows and got 5 to 7.
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Gawdzilla Sama wrote:History will show Windows peaked at 3.1.klr wrote:Windows 8? It can just fuck off ...
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You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
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Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
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This is the wrong forum for bluffing
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I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
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I still run this in Dosbox from time to time. Oh, the memories ...Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Gawdzilla Sama wrote:History will show Windows peaked at 3.1.klr wrote:Windows 8? It can just fuck off ...
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Windows is a foothill...
Any Mac OS is the equivalent of Everest...
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