In reply to a post by Oliver341:

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Is Windows 10 something businesses will buy, having refused Windows 8? Or have Microsoft boobed again?

Ultimately yes, because in four years time Microsoft will cease support for Windows 7.

Made no difference to the company I work for, they still use XP.

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In reply to a post by ian72:

They may also go back on their comment that Windows 10 is the "last windows" and release another version of Windows in 2-3 years time (just within the Win 7 support timeframe).

They don't necessarily need to release Windows 11. Since Windows 10 is the last Windows it can presumably evolve over time, and in contrast to previous versions the start menu (for example) can be radically redesigned in upcoming months or years in response to consumer feedback.

And it is this so-called evolve over time thing that is scary. MS in theory could add anything and change Windows 10 how they want and we would not be able to stop it, because it is in the EULA that we must accept updates. The EULA is scary anyway and there is so many privacy issues with 10.

In reply to a post by cheshire_man:

I agree they change the All Apps lists, but that's a click further than I want for a very short list of perhaps 6-8 apps.

Yes, I see the All Apps list as analogous to the Programs list in pre-Win 8 Menus with the difference that you don't have to click that but just hover.

The short list above All Apps is analogous to the fixed list below Programs but with far less flexibility in its configuration. They are mostly not apps or programs as such but lists of Windowy things/locations.

Edited by XRaySpeX (Thu 17-Dec-15 00:37:03)

From my short experience with Win 10, I see the Win 10 Start Menu as not the claimed improvement but as the Win 8 Start Menu with the Metro Tiles Start Screen moved adjacent to the Start Menu.