# Is Windows 8.1 as awful as everyone says?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-windows-8-1-as-awful-as-everyone-says/709065>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 5, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-windows-8-1-as-awful-as-everyone-says/709065 "2015-01-05T21:25:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-windows-8-1-as-awful-as-everyone-says/709065/81 "2015-01-20T23:30:43Z")

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It is a pain in the butt.

And it slows down websurfing.

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**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-windows-8-1-as-awful-as-everyone-says/709065/82 "2015-01-26T20:22:07Z")

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[Windows 10: The Charms bar is dead; Start screen dead for large devices](http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-the-charms-bar-is-dead-start-screen-dead-for-large-devices)

And I rest my case.

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