In message , Bob Henson
writes
I suspect that the only people who will like this new version are the
tablet and phone users - and then only if there are any improvements
for them that I can't see on my desktop. I don't use either (mine are
Android) so I can't help them with that. In any case, I can't seem many
people trying out Windows 10 on a tablet (can you dual boot with
Windows tablets and diddly squat memory - or run a VM?) as no-one will
want to overwrite what works with what might not - so I think all they
will get for some time is the reports of desktop users. The latter will
all want a decent menu system.

Just a FWIW here, but I'm testing the preview on an old Lenovo tablet
convertible laptop and, although I agree the start menu needs to get
back to having a list of programs, I think it is a major improvement
over 8.1. I run 8.1 on a similar tablet and dislike it.

For reasons that I can't remember (I'm very old, too), I have never got
on with things like classic shell, start8 and so on. I've installed them
but got very frustrated with things they stopped me doing.

On the W10 machine I have added the "All Programs" as a toolbar, just
like I did on the 8.1 machine. This provides something very close to a
decent menu. What I didn't have to do was add a charms button to the
task bar without which 8.1 was hopeless.

I now have a machine that can run up to 8gigs of ram, has a 500G or more
HD and can be a tablet or use keyboard and (on this) trackpoint. The pen
lets me draw or access fine print (I think where these have finger
touch, it's not sensitive or multi ).
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Bill