Datadrainer wrote on 2024-02-05, 14:18:

*Windows 8.x. Well I'm using 8.1 on a Core2Duo gaming system. Very fast and responsive. The start menu in my opinion is perfect as a game launcher and I still miss it today.

You are probably one of the very few people that prefer the full-screen start menu. I never thought about it, but I agree it's quite nice as a game launcher. Apparently Win10 allows to revert to a full-screen start menu.