I just wanted to toss in my hate for Win8 here. Inexplicably, actually 'useful' things like the SHOW ALL APPLICATIONS button on the start screen are GONE from 8.1. The newest batch of machines I have at work give me a start button, but take away the actually fucking utility of the menu. There is literally NO WAY for a normal user to find an application (at least fucking app store bullshit continues to show up!) they installed if it didn't create a shortcut without searching for it. It just fucking acts like it never existed as far as the start menu is concerned. I'm not talking 'random application 47', but rather MICROSOFT OFFICE 2013. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU CAN'T EVEN DRAG AND DROP THE ICON FROM THE SEARCH BAR TO THE DESKTOP TO MAKE A SHORTCUT. You have to do some weird right-click open directory copy paste shortcuts from explorer to the desktop shenanigans.
Jesus Christ, this shit is bananas.