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Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by sliverstorm on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @03:19PM (#7518233)
When I want a calculator, I type:

Windows Key -> "calc" -> Enter

Viola, the classic Windows calculator.

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Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by mullingitover on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @04:14PM (#7518637)
Even easier: use the url bar as a calculator. Google has handled math as a seach for a while now, and it's pretty good [1]. No need to leave the browser.

[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=y%3Dx%5E2&oq=y%3Dx%5E2

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Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by sliverstorm on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @04:26PM (#7518734)
Sure, but one is not always in the browser ;)
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