Windows 8.1 launches, with some familiar touches
By Hayley
Tsukayama, Thursday, October 17, 2013
Microsoft’s latest operating system update, Windows 8.1 is now available. The
new update brings back at least one of the familiar touches that users missed
after the company launched its major system overhaul, Windows 8, last year: the
start button.
The button has become a sort of rallying point for Windows 8
critics who were not big fans of the decision to change the look of the
operating system to a grid-like pattern meant to work on touchscreens in
addition to a keyboard and mouse. Consequently, it was one of the main
rollbacks of the Windows 8.1 update, along with the ability to boot the computer
straight to the desktop rather than to the Microsoft 8 start screen.
The return of the start button, however, doesn’t mean the
return of the start button menu — instead … Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/windows-81-launches-with-some-familiar-touches/2013/10/17/5801ae38-373a-11e3-80c6-7e6dd8d22d8f_story.html?wpisrc=nl_tech
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