If you are buying a new PC or laptop and you\u2019ve been holding off because of the new Metro interface you might be in luck.<\/p>\n
It looks like Microsoft is pulling a ‘New Coke’ here and admitting that the ‘Metro’ desktop and lack of ‘Start’ button was a VERY BAD MOVE. Especially for those in the business community.<\/p>\n
I got this deal<\/strong><\/a> earlier this year and it’s still a great one. For those looking for a powerful Windows PC laptop that could easily replace an older high end workstation this is a pretty good choice. With Windows 8.1 (which it will release mid to late summer, it is said that Microsoft is going to bring back the traditional ‘Boot to Desktop’ feature along with the much missed ‘Start Button’. It looks like the start button will most likely look like the ‘Windows Charm’ in Windows 8.1 but it hopefully will be there. You can read about that here<\/strong><\/a> and here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n IF you are stuck with Window 8, don\u2019t want to go through the hassle of downgrading it, and can’t wait for Microsoft to \u2018fix it\u2019, there is a fantastic solution to bring back the old Window 7 interface. It’s called Start 8 by Stardock Software<\/strong><\/a> It’s a great app and only costs $4.99 USD. It’s the first thing<\/strong><\/em><\/span> I install on clients Windows 8 machines when they tell me they can’t handle the Windows 8 Metro interface.<\/p>\n Peace, and be safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you are buying a new PC or laptop and you\u2019ve been holding off because of the new Metro interface you might be in luck. It looks like Microsoft is pulling a ‘New Coke’ here and admitting that the ‘Metro’ desktop and lack of ‘Start’ button was a VERY BAD MOVE. Especially for those in … Continue reading “Windows 8.1 news”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":587,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,13,8,15,218],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/587"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":985,"href":"https:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions\/985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI wrote an article about my original selection, purchasing and finally, my adventures in ‘downgrading’ it to Widows 7 Pro\/Enterprise here.<\/strong><\/a> Many of the things I do with my system cannot be done efficiently, or at all, from the silly \u2018Metro\u2019 interface. And other applications simply wouldn\u2019t run properly.<\/p>\n