Start 8

Published on October 20, 2014 By kona0197 In Personal Computing

OK, so I have been playing with Windows 8 and 8.1 for the last few weeks. I got a bit feed up with the Metro UI so I installed Classic Shell. Got confused about all of the options so I installed Start 8. Easy to use, it does what I need. Looking to buy Start 8 here soon. So my question is what is Metro for when I use Start 8? Just a watse of hard drive space and coding?

Oh, Starkers - Windows 8 is not faster under the hood than 7 in my experience so far. Painfully slow.

Comments (Page 2)

Gandhialf

on Oct 21, 2014

kona0197

reply 15

Firefox is a browser, not an operating system.

Thanks, I've corrected it.

kona0197

on Oct 21, 2014

Google is not always the default search engine. Depends what OS you are using. Some Linux distros use DuckDuckGo as the default search. Still, my point stands. I'm pretty sure Google isn't the biggest contributor to Firefox.

Gandhialf

on Oct 22, 2014

kona0197

reply 17

You can be "pretty sure" of everything, but facts are facts.

http://www.extremetech.com/internet/92558-how-browsers-make-money-or-why-google-needs-firefox

http://www.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2012/how-do-internet-browsers-make-money-goog-msft-yhoo1227.aspx

etc.

kona0197

on Oct 22, 2014

...Rolls eyes...

Gandhialf

on Oct 22, 2014

Making theatrical gestures doesn't change objective states of affairs

Wizard1956

on Oct 22, 2014

RedneckDude

reply 9

What does the maker gain? How do they spend time and effort on a software, and give updates, support, etc. for free?

There IS a lot to be said for ego gratification.......and the "I made that" claim is a powerful incentive, for those that can, and do, create.

The difference between Priceless and Worthless far exceeds my ability to define it.

Jafo

on Oct 22, 2014

Gandhialf

reply 20

Making theatrical gestures doesn't change objective states of affairs

....hence the

Gandhialf

on Nov 18, 2014

So I bought Start8. Thanks for making it!

Now that all Stardock software is on sale I'd reconsider buying something more. Which is the best way to get multiple desktops on Windows 8 with SD software?

I'm particularly interested in one feature - I'd like to change between sets of open windows. I'd also be nice to be able to drag windows between sets (ie. desktops). Also: the more lightweight the better.

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