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posted by mattie_p on Thursday April 03 2014, @04:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the yes-microsoft-still-has-relevance dept.

A couple of interesting tidbits came out of Build 2014 yesterday. The conference is being streamed for those who cannot attend in person.

Microsoft Planning on $0 Windows for Some Devices

Apparently competition, combined with a desire for Microsoft to invade new market spaces, is applying downward pressure on the price of some forms of Windows licenses. Microsoft announced that Windows would be available at no cost for "Internet of Things" devices as well as for phones and tablets with screens less than 9 inches. Not included: Whether this applies to Windows 8.1 or Windows 8.1 RT, but the inclusion of "phones and tablets" leads me to believe that it will be the RT version.

Start Menu To Return To Windows 8.1

After nearly a year and a half since it was removed in Windows 8, the start menu is finally returning. The previews shown at BUILD show that live tiles (similar to those on Windows Phone) will be displayed side-by-side with the more traditional hierarchy of groups. No word on when this will finally be released to users.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Lagg on Thursday April 03 2014, @06:03PM

    by Lagg (105) on Thursday April 03 2014, @06:03PM (#25711) Homepage Journal
    I'm seeing some comments here regretting that they are admitting defeat and putting back the start menu and therefore giving people less of a reason to move. But if that's your thing, look at the screenshot. Seriously. It looks like what would happen if you embedded a nested X server into the KDE start menu and then started a hacky tiled WM in it. I really doubt this is what people meant when they requested the start menu back.
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