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"How do I get to the desktop?" Gee, I don't know, clicking the big icon that says desktop?

So basically it needs a 2 minute video at the start instead of a 30 second. Windows 8 has a start menu and taskbars so I don't know why you didn't include that. It really comes down to if people research products at all and people don't which makes them bad consumers. It's essentially brand loyalty. Which you think people would have known better after Vista.

Just more stuff to get you more involved and tied into the service... one more thing to ignore.

Hmm? I thought the current status quo was that games can do this if they want to but it wasn't a standard feature.

Stuff like "you must have a constant internet connection" is up to the devs.

Keyboard is less efficient? What are you doing with your other hand again? How far away is your hand from the keyboard? How ridiculous. Besides Win + I what vital shortcuts aren't on the left side of the keyboard? PC sales=/=Win 8 sales. Windows 8 is selling fine as MS has recently noted but the overall trend is PC sales are declining as people move to smartphones and tablets. Anyways, the solution is just to not use modern UI apps. Pretty straightforward.

Given the options the developers will have for locking things down tying it to your console account seems very plausible. We'll see.

I use a vertical taskbar to utilize the space of a widescreen monitor better so that didn't bug me. On Win 8 I just pin it to explorer (I use Clover to add tabs to explorer- I highly recommend it) and otherwise you can just add it your favorites. It's the recycle bin... you really shouldn't need to use it so much that it's always visible.

Recycle bin on your desktop and files on your desktop? At least hide the icons. Step it up.

They're getting rid of it because it will be built into the next-generation.

Desktop mode is Win7.5. Word has it integrated but I assume it's like this on 7 as well since Office 2013 doesn't work any differently on 8 besides account integration as far as I know:

Sales have been better than the internet's reaction to it, that's for damn sure. So they're in an odd place where it's not selling badly but they are getting a lot of hate for it.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/enterprise/375550/why-microsoft-killed-the-windows-start-button Microsoft didn't remove the start button for no good reason. Your argument relies on the assumption that people were forced to use it. They weren't unless you bought a PC recently and since PC sales are falling... that's becoming less and less people. Is it really Microsoft's fault that people can't do a little bit of research? At some point they had to move forward. Launchpad is a bad comparison. You can't run apps in Launchpad. While it does bring some of the iOS look it's not a full on "this looks and acts the same no matter what I use" that Windows has done. Also, tell me, where is you software power button on your tablet and phone? I've already made these same points before. Microsoft actually made their OS modern using the lessons it's learned from itself and other OS's and people just don't like it because it's too much change at once. I do not feel bad in the slightest for anyone who can't keep up. @Waldorf. It actually is less complicated in a lot of ways. It's just that the change in itself makes it seem otherwise.

There's also Win + X. Best shortcut they've added.

What the hell are you talking about? File print works exactly the same unless you're in a modern UI app. Which is exactly what I talked about in my post. You're trying to use it differently on purpose for some stupid reason. Windows 8 is definitely better than Windows 7 and it's a shame people form their opinions based on what other people say on the Internet when they decide to judge it. Why can't it be part of the start screen? Because it gives you access to the start screen. I don't know what you mean by "that's where it's been for the last 20 years" as the start menu has never been within the start menu. That's mind boggling to consider. There also hasn't been a share function before. Once again it makes a lot more sense to put settings under "settings" instead of where you launch applications. Oh, and Windows 8 has a tutorial when you install it, and I don't understand why people can't remember 2 new functions spread across 3 of the corners. It's literally putting the mouse in the corner of your screen. I am very worried about how people who don't understand this basic functionality especially since Windows is not the first OS to use hot corners. They're behind various Linux DEs and OSX. The only change I can see them doing as a "rollback" is adding a start button. Which is fucking stupid since you should be using the windows key or you know... just putting your mouse in the corner where the start button was before. Because that's so hard to remember. I think Microsoft just really underestimated people's intelligence when it came to devices that have desktop mode enabled. You should have to pass some sort of test before they let you use the desktop. These people would shit themselves if they ever tried multiple Linux distros and DEs.

It's hard enough to get people to finish games as it is- What makes you think that a significant portion of that 78% finished all the way through a 2nd time?

Or they used it once and didn't think to try and use it like Win 7 and just tried to explore all of the new features. Once you're past that period (people do this with their phones as well) you settle into it.

I guess but ME isn't exactly the best example of that. You can blaze through those games on a hard difficulty without much thought to strategy.

Charms= top right and bottom right hot corners. Though I really do worry that you can't remember Win+C or more preferably Win+I. Also you're talking about the modern UI version of IE and not the desktop version. What basic functions are you unable to do? It sounds like you're in the camp of "herr derr I'm not going to use it like Windows 7 I'm going to try do all of this new shit." Stop. Use it like Windows 7 with a big ass start menu.

...okay, I haven't played ME3 yet, but I don't remember any tactics/strategy or thinking in ME1 and 2.

I'm not sure you'll find many who agree with you.

What Bioware third person shooter requires that? Generally curious.

When you download Sleeping Dogs it makes it clear that you must own or be subscribed to the game to use your purchased DLC. It wouldn't make sense any other way. It's an add-on: No matter what you need the core game whether you buy it on disc, keep your subscription, or buy it digital.

Coulson is Vision. Problem solved.