VN Boards Archive

[VN Boards Archive]

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Topic: Stardock's Start8

Ravynmagi Title: Moderator Posts: 29,978 Registered: Dec 23, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 29,452 User ID: 572,278	Subject: Stardock's Start8
	http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/ Stardock's Start8 application brings the Start button back to Windows 8. And it's kinda neat in idea, but in actuality it seems pretty worthless to me. You get a Start button, but you don't get the old style Start menu, but install a windowized Start Metro screen. Unfortunately in this screen the scroll wheel doesn't work in the main part and it's actually a lot more cumbersome to get to your applications this way than using the native Windows 8 Start screen. And sadly the registry trick with the Developer Build last year no longer works in the Consumer Preview. -----signature----- (none)
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Speak-pkhq Title: Sheep's bane Posts: 9,159 Registered: Jul 7, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 8,993 User ID: 695,362	Subject: Stardock's Start8
	i'm already planning to skip right over win8 and stick with win7 x64 for as long as i possibly can, just like i did with win2k and winxp heck, i still think win2k/xp > win7 simply because of the ease of finding everything, configuration and the sexy explorer. i can't stand win7's (or vista's) explorer :\ -----signature----- Wailing HoHoHoMerryXmas Hero, daoc Kay Bardog Mage, wow Thunderlord <Schizm> http://7-zip.org/ trollop hunter
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Lannai Posts: 2,526 Registered: Oct 7, '04 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 1,963 User ID: 973,906	Subject: Stardock's Start8
	I agree with Speak. This sounds like a version I'm better off skipping. -----signature----- Lannai Fidenian
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Sworks1 Posts: 1,183 Registered: Mar 14, '09 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 1,182 User ID: 1,351,455	Subject: Stardock's Start8
	Its funny that Microsoft has admitted that they don't want another XP. They never intended for one version of Windows to last as long as XP did. They way they are heading with Win 8, It seem like Win 7 may just end up the new XP. -----signature----- (none)
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vn_jurojin Title: Insolent Insomniac Posts: 9,633 Registered: Dec 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 9,526 User ID: 559,342	Subject: Stardock's Start8
	Speak-pkhq posted: i'm already planning to skip right over win8 and stick with win7 x64 for as long as i possibly can, just like i did with win2k and winxp heck, i still think win2k/xp > win7 simply because of the ease of finding everything, configuration and the sexy explorer. i can't stand win7's (or vista's) explorer :\ windows key + e -----signature----- (none)
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