W10 Fail

Mousegolf, I just want to clarify I do respect your opinion and understand why you would prefer windows 7 for you and your clients. I just don't understand the need to throw out other peoples opinions just because they are not a professional in your mind.

Maybe my example was apples to oranges and a logical fallacy. (someone fill free to correct me on this)
In my mind it was just to show you can have 2 professionals, one who likes windows 7 and one who likes windows 10.

mousegolf said:

I was hoping for a "reduction" with the bells and whistles when I installed W10 yesterday. It saddens me that Microsoft did not listen to people about the traditional Start Menu--or at least, give the PC user the ability to change the Start Menu to look and behave exactly like Windows XP, Vista and 7. Not all three but carry on the fundamentals.

Change can be good but Microsoft continues to fail when looking at the OS for Desktop and Laptop computers. The analogy is so obvious too. People rely on their cars everyday to go from A to B and the configuration of the driving and shifting have been the same for nearly a century. Windows Desktop and Laptop users rely on the PC everyday for work, entertainment, research and discovery. The Start Menu is analogous to the driving mechanism of a car. Add a few features to the dashboard, sure, but don't reconfigure the fundamentals of how to drive the car.

I am guessing that 75% of Windows 7 users around the world will convert back to W7 (PC users). When it's time for Vista users to buy a new machine, I am speculating they will take the advice of people who experienced W8 and W10 and will shop online for Windows 7.

Microsoft needs to stop this madness. Unbelievable...

That's one of the most embarrassing posts I've read in a while.

You think the Win 10 Start has reconfigured the fundamentals of how to use the OS? Hahaha...

It has slightly different styling and allows you to put more than one icon on a row than previous Start menus. That's about the sum of the differences.

Utter muppetry!

mousegolf said:

Your comment shows you are not a professional. You do not need to be concerned with other people's computer experiences. In my line of work as a freelance remote support tech-head, I do need to be concerned about my client's Windows experience.

Wow, you claim to be a tech? I feel sorry for your customers...

My current Mustang, and my '69 Mach 1 that I sold 26 years ago. I sure miss that car, and I also miss the simplicity. The old one was low-tech and you could do a lot of bolt-on mods. Not anymore with new cars. Well, it is not as easy.

I fix and maintain a lot of computers for friends and relatives (many of them are elderly and have very limited computer skills) so I steered as many as I could away from 8 / 8.1.

I think I can steer them to 10 comfortably now.

Delicieuxz said:

I would prefer to do this, to remove it from the task bar - but then where can the search box be accessed?

You can still open start and just type to search with Cortana hidden from the task bar, despite there being no actual search bar in the start menu