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By: Isaac

I honestly don’t have any problems with Windows 8. I’ve been using mouse-gesture and keyboard-shortcut oriented window managers like GNOME 3 on Linux for a while, and I think Windows 8 is a nice...

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By: Jake

By its self it is alright. But with start8, it is the same old windows that we all know and love. I really wish, however, that all the programs open on the desktop wouldn’t be treated as a single...

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By: Iroshan

Using the trial version and loving it. Hoping to win a full version. :)

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By: Gky

Great UI, but the new metro design is annoying if you do t have a touchscreen

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By: tony

I’m in retail & there has been some resistance to w8 & a lot buying up the last w7. The start8 gives the buyer a familure feel & confidence to use w8 without the worry of getting lost in...

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By: Iroshan

Well. I am using Win 8 for more then month now and greatly satisfied with the performance. I don’t have a touch screen and I have total forgotten about the tile interface. Installed start8 about 2...

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By: Trevor Tymchuk

I’ve been using Windows 8 since it was released, and still miss the Start menu. I still find myself moving the mouse to the lower left corner of the screen when I want to do, well, lots of things. Even...

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By: Tblogger

OOOOOOOOOOOOh ! i am Too late For this ! Microsoft Newest Operating system Windows 8 Is Seems to be Really smart , Fast loading , And Many more New Features Available ! According to Many reviews . But...

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By: socos

I switched to Win8 a couple weeks ago. I’m forcing myself to use it as is, but I still find myself clicking on the Internet Exploder icon on my taskbar thinking it’s the Start Menu. If MS had included...

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By: NightExcessive

I think someone at Microsoft didn’t get the memo about making a desktop OS.

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By: Shea Bunge

I like the desktop part of Windows 8, and the ability to install Windows Store apps. I’m getting a laptop soon with Windows 8 on it, and it will be really hard to navigate around the tablet-optimized...

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By: dada

I am on desktop and without startmenu its hard. Except start menu Windows 8 is good.

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By: Hans Martijn Schröder

I’ve tried Windows 8 for a few weeks now but it’s just not the same. I love the stability of the OS and the new features. The app store is pretty nice but not a lot of apps here in The Netherlands. The...

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By: Ankur Gupta

The only thing we miss in windows 8 is start menu.

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By: e1scd

Hey, Martin! I will be switching my Touchscreen PC to Windows 8 after the holidays. Having used Windows since v.3.1, the Start Menu is highly ingrained. I’d appreciate a copy of Start8 to aid the...

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By: Blake LeBlanc

I’ve tried a few of these programs for Windows 8 and Start 8 looks like the best one currently available.

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By: villatoro1810

This is a great app, o have tried it for a while and o feel really confortable with it. Among the other options i can say this is the best. Hope i can get one.

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By: stevenson

I need one of that. please!

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By: Ram zing

I would love to see a comparison done with ClassicShell. I’ve been using that lately and it seems fine. What does Start8 add for $5?

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By: truegvk

Win8 would be much better without metro.

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By: john muskopf

for a tablet it is probably fine. for my desktop use I will be using win7 when possible. it is faster to boot to the login but other than that I am not seeing any benefit to switch completely at this...

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By: Charles Holcomb

I hated WIN 8 at first. Now, after using it for a while, it’s much better, even though I still have problems navigating at times.

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By: Eric Overbey

Truly loving Windows 8. A much more stable and Speedy OS, with the power to run all my apps including Steam GAmes

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By: Sean

I actually like Windows 8. It’d be better if I had a touchscreen but whatever.

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By: Dave

Great that someone is fixing Microsoft nonsense !

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By: Psy

Just for my information, my post has been deleted ? Or i f**ked something ? Too lazy to retype everything… arrrhh. To resume, i love Win9 “mechanics” but a little desoriented with the interface....

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By: Psy

Ok, nevermind, just not enough coffee today… -_-

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By: Mick

This app became a deal-breaker for the better part of my family, to upgrade the PC to Windows 8. Still barely using Metro interface, and the Start Button was greately missing. Not anymore!

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By: Jason S

Under the hood it seems great. The lack of the Start menu in the dekstop app is really glaring. I’ve been helping folks who received them as Christmas gifts, and the first question is “How do I do (x)...

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By: Leigh

I haven’t found my way around the start page but start8 does integrate well and does a great job of letting me get around my pc.

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By: Paul McA

I am posting from Windows 8 now, and I have to say that Microsoft really have made a right mess here. If they’d just left the desktop improvements alone then the improvements would have been actually...

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By: Bron

I’ve checked windows 8 and that new awkaward UI annoys me a lot, really wanna get rid of it and make it have the good old classic windows interface. To remove the classic UI was a huge mistake from...

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By: tubeboggan

win 8 working great on my laptop. Definitely need the start menu though.

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By: dhall

The early reviews of Windows 8 were not too good, and I was not going to upgrade from 7, but the download only discount from Microsoft made it too good to miss and I am pleased! The boot up speed is...

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By: Johnny

I use Pokki but it makes my start up slow

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By: Patrik

I like Win 8 as the progress of Win 7. As it is is perfect for Tablets, but for notebooks and desktops we miss Start button (understand, we needs to like Start8 :-)) Happy x-mas!

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By: Neal

I like the cleanliness of Windows 8: The business like interface without eye-candy. Removal of Start Menu was a mistake as I found it far more elegantly customisable and much easier to use on a desktop...

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By: ram zing

Windows8 isn’t too bad if you have a touchscreen based computer. Otherwise it takes a little getting used to. I can live with it since it came installed on a new touch laptop I bought, but I wouldn’t...

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By: Marcin

Windows 8 is a good system, but new interface is not really designed for desktop PC. I believe in few month it will grow up and new features will arrive. Also I expect changes to desktop interface to...

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By: Shishegar

I have read so many negative opinion about win8 & I agree with some of them but It has many features & somehow I like it too so I will upgrade to it soon. Thanks

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