Windows 9: Rumored to be WORSE Than 8

I know how to get to the "Desktop", but I want the Start Button too.

I would like a shut down button without ctrl-alt-del

Make a shortcut on your desktop. Let the shortcut point to "shutdown /p".

Double click that. You will shutdown.

I find it a bit ridiculous I have to go to that length to have an easy shut down.

For some reason I'm reminded of this scene in Tomorrow Never Dies:

Elliot Carver: Mr. Jones, are we ready to release our new software?
Jones: Yes, sir. As requested, it's full of bugs, which means people will be forced to upgrade for years.
Elliot Carver: Outstanding.

Right hand Charm, Settings, Shut Down. Stupidly placed, granted, but no need for for the key combination of doom.

Charm????

The stuff that pops up when you mouse over to the top right corner of the screen. You get what's known as the "Charms Bar," which has translucent icons (charms) showing things like "Settings," "Start," etc.

Getting the charm bar to load isn't even that simple.

It pops up when you move the cursor into a corner, either top right or bottom right. It's really not hard at all.

I had no idea that even had a name, let alone that the name was as silly as "Charm".

Rumor has it Windows 9 will also feature a Strange bar...

Windows 10 will have a Gay Bar. It's true.

I heard it's going to be fabulous.

At first I was against this but the more I think about....

Yeah I could do the subscription thing. Really it's not that much money if they follow in say Apple's foot step. Now if Microsoft gets stupid and wants the $100 subscription rate then yeah we've got a problem.

If they do something like that they will lose the rest of the death grip that MS has been so desperately trying to hang on to. Individual users would switch to other OS's in that first year and businesses would make the transition over a few years. There is no way they can be that stupid. I will stick with my forecast: $35 per year for Windows. Office will probably gain some other low end single user options in that $30-60 per year range but the multi user/multi computer licenses will likely hold at the current $100-150+ range.

Most reports are that it is neither magical nor delicious.