I find almost everything involved in day-to-day usage to be pretty easy on WINDOWS 8, and in some instances, even easier than its more-favored,predecessor, WINDOWS 7. The search function in the latter iteration of WINDOWS is definitely much improved, and the aesthetics of the new Modern UI are simply beautiful. Add to it the fact that there are quite a few new features, and the operating system is a rather solid winner, in my opinion. That, however, doesn’t imply that it doesn’t come with its own shortcomings. One very obvious one, which even I find annoying and bad design choice all the time, is how you turn off your PC. Unfortunately, the Redmond giant decided to hide away one of the most accessed features of the operating system rather obscurely.
It made sense that Microsoft would’ve wanted to do away with the Start menu, but that didn’t have to imply that all the associated functions and buttons should also be hidden away, too. Traditionally, in Windows, should you want to shut down, restart or log off your machine, you’ll need to first invoke the Charms bar (Win key + C), go to Settings, click the Power button, and only then will you see the options for Shut down and rebooting your machine etc. While this does make sense perhaps on a tablet, which are powered off much less frequently than any PC or laptop, but forcing desktop users to opt for the same path doesn’t make much sense. Luckily, there’s an easy way to power off your machine under Windows 8, and no, it doesn’t involve Alt + F4.
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