"Cmd" is on that list. If you want to scroll around to find it, it's there. Or, you know, you can just start typing "cmd" and it'll filter the list down to those thing that match what you type.

I don't understand why you're saying that. EVERYTHING has been made PERFECTLY clear about the start button. I don't know why people are trying to confuse the issue.

No, it doesn't open up "Metro". It brings you to the Start Screen.

I didn't "decide" anything. It simply isn't even remotely bad.

And I just have to repeat myself...

You've lost no useful functionality. The Start Screen IS the new start menu.

The problem isn't achievements, the concept.

Unrelated except for very tangentially... but I decided to see what kind of gaming I could do on a Surface Pro. So I loaded Diablo III on it (since its controls would be pretty touch-friendly and not REQUIRE a keyboard/mouse, though obviously that would be less than optimal). And here's what I found:

The start screen is about a hell of a lot more than running metro apps.

Sane people who don't have to deal with running Win8 in windowed VM or Remote Desktop environments will just disable the button... it's completely redundant. I know I will. Just head to options and turn it off. Done and done.

To be fair: Windows XP SP2 was a huge set of feature changes and enhancements. People forget what XP was like prior to SP2... it kinda sucked and people kinda hated it. There was a lot of complaining and bitching and moaning about XP and its new "cartoon" look, and all that stuff. Which mostly disappeared after XP…

You're clearly confused.

The start button is an option, and you can remove it. Several other sources have confirmed this.

He's absolutely right. He makes not only a compelling argument for his side, he completely decimates all the arguments against his side.

The upgrade process is a pain, but it's totally worth it. Win7 is just so much better than XP it's not even funny.

Honestly, I got Office365 with my Surface... and because you can install on up to five systems, also installed it on my Laptop and Desktop. You get ALL of Office (not just Word/Excel/PowerPoint), plus 30GB of cloud storage, plus the online web-apps, plus regular updates and fixes... for $99/year. That's WAY cheaper,…

Probably the original "Roller Coaster Tycoon" game (and the Loopy Landscapes expansion). Those are way old, old DOS games that ran under Windows way back when. And they're still fun to play. The game dates from March 1999, so that would put it at 14 years old.

I'm clearly not in the "outrage" demographic. I understand the concerns, but I simply don't share in them because:

So you're ignorant, lazy, and arrogant. Nice combo dude.

You're missing the point. And you don't care to educate yourself. And you blame others for being "lazy". Hypocrisy is alive and well, apparently, even in the lazy.