Windows 8 Release Preview leaked, Microsoft may raise OEM prices

........do you need help?

Diggin the win8 cp, made my older laptop load and feel faster. Just curious to those missing the start menu,. U think after 500 yrs from now, should we still hav the start button? I mean we all used windows 3.11 before, there was no start button then? Funny when win95 came out, everyone hated the start button. Now as if the start button is the pinnacle of GUI design? Seriously?

You guys can skip win8 and hang on to your old os, don't holdback the rest of that can adapt.
In fact I can send my ten year old over to teach you, he thinks win8 is really cool. Mastered it in minutes.

I see no reason why the Start Menu can not be a user setting to turn on or off at will. You see it as users trying to hold you back. I see it as you trying to take away my options.

Just click the windows key to enter and exit metro start menu. Even easier than moving the mouse Cursor to click on the old start button.

Come on guys, my 8yr old just learned win8 and installed and put shortcut to roblox on his laptop.

There will be plenty of free options to get the start menu back. Even better, you can use freeware osx styles dock launchers.

In response to "hating the haters", I am sick and tired of every forum on Windows 8 degenerating into "I hate METRO" and "Where's my precious Start button".

MS is not going to remove the ability to install ordinary apps any time soon and would think it highly unlikely that they would move to a full APP model (that is - paying a few quid for every sub-standard application out there).

I am sure METRO will be locked for tablets and Phones because it has to be. PC's will always be a more flexible afair.

I think METRO is a fantastic design step.

So the TV and other devices in the house or office have a Power button should we now assume because it is old that it too should be put in a museum or is it that it serves as a functional means and there is no need to improve on what is already working..

Seriously "Guest" who is obviously a MS fanboy or works for their marketing dept, can you not see that what will be windows 8 is just hogwash..

I guess not, anyways keep spamming the msg board I am sure eventually the lemmings will follow you over the cliff.