Windows 8.1 adding value by adding Windows.

After some time with Windows 8 it looks like Microsoft has finally realised that the true value in windows IS windows.  Though tomorrows update1 for Windows 8.1 does not contain it, Microsoft has confessed to a returning start button and windowed modern ui.  In short Microsoft will be putting windows back into windows.

This is really important because though the modern ui is okay for consumption it is pretty rubbish at production.  Try dragging and dropping a mail into your onenote, it just cannot be done.  Finally Microsoft have sussed that PC sales are going down because the power of 5 year old computers is still sufficient for most things that most people do.  We replace when they fail rather than every couple of years.  We also tend to supplement our PCs with a tablet or two, because they are cool and convenient.

That does not mean though that we do any real work on these devices though.  They play movies and games really well but even with the advent of office on iPad I doubt many people will write their novel on it.  A few will buy a keyboard and do that but most won't.  In truth I know people that have a windows tablet like my surface pro 2 that they only use for consumption.  They prefer to use a full PC for their work.  I just connect mine to a couple of monitors and a keyboard :-)