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So is the start menu gone completely? With Windows7 it was actually on the way to become something like Spotlight (just not as good yet). I can't believe they'd patch that out, instead of improving on it, Windows needs something like Spotlight IMHO.

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I recall reading that you can type at the start screen to search. So you should still be able to use the same keypresses to search or launch an app.

This is right - Win8 for power users is, "Hit Start button on keyboard, type what you want a-la QuickSilver"

ok that sounds good though

...while the new Start-thingy takes over your entire screen. That, more than anything, is the deal-breaker for me.

Are you actively using other windows while in the process of launching a new one? It's not like the start screen stays there forever, or the window you were looking at goes away. There are a lot of nit-picking curmudgeons in this thread.

Yes. I'm reading the filename of a document in Gmail and typing it into search to quickly call it up.

Often, yes. I might be watching a video and using muscle memory to go Start -> "gv" -> Enter to start up gvim for another window, for example.

It's not nit-picking when the decision is a bad one.

I'd tend to agree, though I think it's far more painful if you're in a VM with bad video perf versus a native machine with a good video card.

Theverge says there's a hot corner to trigger the start menu, instead of a button.

But in all the releases so far, the menu has basically just been a link to settings, spotlight functionality is gone from it.

No it hasn't. You just type after pressing start.

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