Life Without the Start Menu
Working without the familiar Start menu takes some getting used to. As we mentioned earlier in this chapter, if someone doesn’t show you the ropes, your first experience with Windows 8, especially if there is no touchscreen, is likely to be wildly frustrating. We’ve been there, and we will show you how to keep your sanity, and even learn to love Windows 8 in Chapters 3 and 4.
Here, we just want to give some basic reassurance.
One thing to remember is that Windows 8 is all about searching and prioritizing.
You might find that you miss the hierarchy of programs in the Start menu, which lets you dig down through sensible categories to find what you were looking for. (Well, they start out as sensible categories. After ...
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