BeaverBender
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It depends on your definition of "optimize". If you mean, does it it do similar things to Windows 7, then yes, I.e, it doesn't leave it in the same state as an OS like XP.
There is now speculation that the Start Menu will return:
Will Microsoft restore Start Menu to Windows 8?
There is now speculation that the Start Menu will return:
Will Microsoft restore Start Menu to Windows 8?
This totally disproves ANY thing you said.
While XP was a good OS Vista was not.. it was a turd.. just like ME.. ask anyone in the industry they will tell you the same exact thing.
Windows XP and Windows 7 are good versions of Windows and 8 could be good but it has to get rid of the damn Metro UI.
Just a quick revisit of the "why do you need a Start button, just use the search function" argument.....
I just installed a program called Ashampoo to burn ISOs with (for whatever reason, windows ISO burning has been broken in win7 for ages). I will only use it every now and then, and certainly don't want to have it in my face all of the time, but when the time comes that I want to use it, the chances of me being able to remember that my freeware ISO burning program is called Ashampoo are pretty close to zero.
This highlights exactly why I want/need a standard start button for launching applications on a desktop PC.
When I tossed an Intel 330 240GB into my HP DV4 a few days ago I also installed Windows 8... but I set it up and use it as if it were the previous windows 7 install.
Start8, custom theme, etc.
Though to be fair I also had a custom theme installed in windows 7 to remove some of the crud in aero glass(the diagonal white stripes for one example) And in windows 7 I also used StartKiller. I like the start /menu/ in Win7 but not so much the start button.