Microsoft has removed the Start button from the taskbar in the upcoming Consumer Preview release of Windows 8.
From OSNews:
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For all intents and purposes, this is only a minor change, and were this any other operating system or graphical environment, it would never warrant an entire news item. However, we're talking Windows, the most popular desktop operating system of all time, here. After 17 years of trusty service, Microsoft has removed the Start button from the taskbar in the upcoming Consumer Preview release of Windows 8.Microsoft Removes Start Menu, Button from Windows 8
When Windows 95 was launched, one of its most important changes over Windows 3.11 and earlier versions was the inclusion of an entirely new graphical user interface. At the very heart of this interface and the Windows 95 marketing campaign was the Start menu and the button that activated it. In the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, to be released at any moment now, the Start button is gone.
