An interesting follow on from the previous story is this one about Windows 8.1 and Microsoft bringing back the start menu. Unless you’ve used 8.1, you won’t really get the drift of the story. But as it happens, I’ve recently installed it on my PC (actually a ‘virtual’ PC on my Mac).

I can see now why people have been so resistant to 8.1 given it’s such a radical departure from the usual Windows environment. As Adam Turner says in Windows 8 – bring back the Start menu or go with the flow?  “It’s easy to hate Windows 8. Really easy.”, but as he then says; “… if you decide to work with Windows 8 rather than fight against it, you’ll find that it does actually have a lot to offer.”

But I can also see why Microsoft took a leap of faith to release it … and that is because of the increasing use of tablets and smart phones. With 8.1, they’ve tried to create an operating environment similar to tablets and smart phones so that they can begin to close the gap between them and PCs because of the ground PCs are losing.

It’s an interesting dynamic to observer. I’d be interested to know what you think – but then maybe you’re a Mac user and it’s a non-issue or you might be 95% of the population and hanging out for Windows 9.