Well, it's been almost a month since the release, but it needs to be said anyway:
Windows 8.1 has been released.
People are all like "Woo Hoo the Start BUTTON is back yayz!!!!", until they realize clicking it doesn't bring up the Start MENU we have always loved since Chicago Build 81. Some things improved... yeah, but it's almost everything for the "apps" (new apps, and "OH I CAN RUN TWO APPS AT THE SAME TIME WITHOUT A LARGE MONITOR WOWOW" that gets repeated everywhere), not the standard desktop.
The little desktop updates are to sort of hide the Metro Junk, much like how Windows 98 offered to "hide" web integration. In other words, nothing.
Some people are saying the Start Screen doesn't cover the desktop. Nice try, too bad I'd like to see my desktop icons, or a chance for the Start Screen not to cover the entire screen, but you know it's just using the same background as your desktop and nothing else.
We still have people comparing this to Windows ME, Windows Vista... too bad these were not interface problems, so unlike before it doesn't matter how much RAM you might have as you have to rely on external tools.
We see Microsoft is trying to push really hard to make us using Windows Live Accounts. ha ha, not gonna happen.
Overall Windows 8 was dogshit. The updates in Windows 8.1 are kind of a plus, so my rating here is "Dogshit Plus".
It's clear Microsoft is trying to make us update with new features and more "classic" comebacks. Yeah, nope (unless Ex7for8.1 comes, but still I'd take Windows 7).
So, people are still angry or mindless about using Win8, Microsoft still uses Munchkins, and Windows 7 is still the last sane version of Windows.
Thoughts? What will Microsoft do next?
NOTE: I'm just comparing the differences. The only reason I would like Windows 8 it's because it's based on Windows 7, which should have made everything instantly good, but they still screwed up pretty badly.
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