Microsoft Knows

MS has always assumed they know better what we need/want to do than we do.  If this all they did with the start button, they missed the point again, entirely.

Windows 8.1 will allow people to start in the desktop mode automatically. In that mode, the company is restoring a button that resembles the old Start button. The button will now take people back to the Windows 8 start screen, rather than the old Start menu, but the re-introduction of the familiar button may make it easier for longtime Windows users to get accustomed to the changes.

Tells me we need to hang on to the XP and Win7 install disks a little longer.