Windows 7, 8, 8.1 I need guidence

Saajid said:
Because there is so much more to the Start Menu than simply searching for stuff. All of the important shortcuts are a few clicks away, with no keyboard use required.

I can pin my most commonly used programs, and under each of these, pin my most commonly-used documents/shortcuts/tasks.

To sleep/hibernate/switch user/shutdown/reboot - each of these are 2-3 clicks away, instead of 5-10 key-presses. If I want a list of my all my programs, it's there. I might not remember that name of the app I am looking for, but if I have a quickly accessible list, I can visually scan the list until I find what I am looking for.

I have quick access to the control panel, recent items, and anything and everything I would like.

On Windows 7, the start menu would allow you to search for local documents/files, as well as those on network shares. Win + S does not do this.
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Pinning items - fair enough, that is something I sortoff miss, but I have the task bar for that:

On 8.1 - right click on the windows icon where there used to be a start menu and:

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Control panel, shut down options etc etc... all there
 
@Thor187 I would use 8.1 because it is newer. Windows 7 is good but 8.1 will be around longer and better supported. If you don't like the start screen using one of the start menu programs mentioned above work pretty well.
 
Windows 8.1 is better than 8.0 but it's still windows 8. Don't expect much more than that.
 
I use 8.1. Its the best Windows I have used (and Ive been using Windows since Windows 3.0). Its fast and stable and easy to use. If you are someone who has difficultly adjusting to change or new things then I would advise Windows 7.
 
@Hamster - I'm not saying there aren't other ways of achieving all the things mentioned. There are probably a gazillion ways of doing each thing. I want the way that I'm already used to, the one that's been around since Windows 95, that has evolved into the central hub of my Windows desktop, for accessing anything and everything quickly.
 
@Hamster holy amazeballz thank you never thought of that.

You won a brownie point


@odly awe i went for windows 8 so far so good i like the file copier it's like terracopy meets god and then some more
 
Saajid said:
@Hamster - I'm not saying there aren't other ways of achieving all the things mentioned. There are probably a gazillion ways of doing each thing. I want the way that I'm already used to, the one that's been around since Windows 95, that has evolved into the central hub of my Windows desktop, for accessing anything and everything quickly.
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Fair enough, you are used to the "older" ways of doing things although bare in mind everything sortoff just works the same - the start menu is just MUCH bigger. Regardless, I saw a Win 9 screenshot (not sure how legit) which had the start menu back.
 
ghoti said:
I use 8.1. Its the best Windows I have used (and Ive been using Windows since Windows 3.0). Its fast and stable and easy to use. If you are someone who has difficultly adjusting to change or new things then I would advise Windows 7.
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Sorry, you're wrong but windows 2000 was the Best OS Microsoft ever made ;)
 
KalMaverick said:
As for me I had Windows 8 and now Windows 8.1 and it worked perfectly from day one.
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Same here, running on two desktops, one laptop and a virtual machine. The laptop doesn't even officially support Windows 8, but the Windows 7 drivers work perfectly.
 
Hamster said:
Fair enough, you are used to the "older" ways of doing things although bare in mind everything sortoff just works the same - the start menu is just MUCH bigger. Regardless, I saw a Win 9 screenshot (not sure how legit) which had the start menu back.
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I'm not averse to change, in fact I welcome it. The start screen is awesome for tablet and touch screen users. But for people using their PCs as workstations, doing coding, graphic design, CAD, number crunching, network management, etc, the start screen is horrible, slow, and takes up too much screen real estate. If they had a different way of presenting the Start Menu that was just as efficient, or more efficient, I would definitely give it a try.

I also find myself dragging and dropping things into my start menu alot, or dragging and dropping from the start menu to other locations. Trying doing that with the start screen, when it takes up the whole screen and completely steals the focus. Is it even possible to Alt+Tab between the start screen and other apps while dragging and dropping items?
 
Saajid said:
Is it even possible to Alt+Tab between the start screen and other apps while dragging and dropping items?
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Nope.

Tiles or Live Tiles only and for that you need to do right-click > Add to Start with any shortcuts. You can make shortcuts to folders that way in your Start menu and from there you can put them in different groups and even resize them.
 
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