14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 8 has until now failed to excite, as the operating system has only a 5 percent market share seven months after launch.
Unsurprisingly, analysts continue to blast it, even though the Softies have already debuted Windows 8.1 Preview, the first important makeover for Windows 8.
Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, told CIO Today in a statement that Windows 8.1 is indeed fixing some of the problems affecting the Windows platform, so the operating system is now much more user-friendly.
"The initial launch of Windows 8 obviously has to be considered one of the more colossal [mess] ups in the company's history, but I do think they've done a pretty good job in redressing that," he explained.
"Going back to Start menu and making the tile interface an option on the task bar is probably what the company should have done in the first place," King added when talking about the Start button’s comeback.
What’s more, the stable version of Windows 8.1 is expected to bring even more improvements, as the tech giant is willing to fix all reported issues found in the Preview version.