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Re:Ask HN: Why the Microsoft hate? by CamperBob2 on Friday October 25, 2013 @03:04PM (#6613796)
What i usually do is press the windows button, and start typing the name of the program i wanna use.

This debate was settled when Windows replaced MS-DOS. Most users do not want to remember, or type, the names of the programs they want to use.

Do you REALLY still browse through the start menu?

Yes, frequently.

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Re:Ask HN: Why the Microsoft hate? by xerophtye on Friday October 25, 2013 @03:46PM (#6614061)
Then you are simply a different user type.

Btw I presume from the bit about ms dos that you dont llike shells. But thats ur preference

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Re:Ask HN: Why the Microsoft hate? by CamperBob2 on Saturday October 26, 2013 @01:13PM (#6618171)
No, I live at the Windows command prompt, pretty much. But like you said, I'm a different user type.

The difference between me and the people at Microsoft is that I understand that there are different user types. None of which asked for their desktop PC to behave more like their cell phone.

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Re:Ask HN: Why the Microsoft hate? by xerophtye on Saturday October 26, 2013 @01:31PM (#6618275)
Exactly. That was the big mistake behind windows 8. Their "one interface for all devices" idea. We didnt WANT same interface on all devices
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