If you’re running a multimonitor set-up, chances are you’re already allocating different applications to different screens: a browser window on one display, Outlook on another, and maybe a chat app on your docked notebook. But with Windows 10, Microsoft allows you to snap more than one app to a screen. Microsoft’s demo station had a large oversize tile showing the current calendar appointment, which seemed appropriate. It appears that you should think of Live Tiles more like notifications rather than app shortcuts, although you can use them either way. On the right, the Live Tiles reproduce the functionality of the Windows 8 Start screen, with resizeable tiles that can dynamically show you how much unread mail is left. At the bottom, there’s a shortcut to launch an “all apps” view. On the left, there’s a list of frequently used apps, along with shortcuts to PC settings, as well as your documents and pictures folders. Move past that inelegance, however, and it’s darn useful. Aesthetically, it looks like someone surgically conjoined the Windows 7 and Windows 8 experience. I’m not wholeheartedly in love with the new Start Menu. The revamped Start Menu: clean, intuitive But I quite liked what I saw, and if you sign up for the new Windows Insider program, you’ll have a chance to form your own impressions beginning on Wednesday. Granted, I had a just a few moments to play around with each. These include the revamped Start menu the new “task view,” virtual desktops and ALT-TAB features windowed apps and the new “snap assist” capability. That said, we can still point to various features that embody the new Windows 10 experience, and will almost certainly make the cut. The Windows 10 Start Menu fues Windows 7 icons and Windows 8 Live Tiles.
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