This isn't a straightforward replacement of Microsoft's iconic Start menu, which was left out of Windows 8 in favor of the touch-friendly Start screen. According to SweetLabs, Lenovo PCs "will ...

Lenovo, the world's largest computer maker, announced today that its Windows 8 PCs will come bundled with the Pokki Start button and menu replacement, along with its desktop mode-oriented app store.

The world’s largest PC manufacturer, Lenovo, will begin installing a piece of software onto all of its Windows 8 machines that will bring users closer to the traditional start menu. Pokki, a ...

This $4.99 Start menu replacement offers lots of configuration options, including one that melds Windows 8 aesthetics and sensibility with the Windows 7 function that people are most familiar with ...

Lenovo is the first major PC OEM to start bundling third-party Start Menu emulation… According to TechPowerUp Lenovo has taken a drastic move with its Windows 8 systems to keep end users happy.

Lenovo, which recently took the title of world’s largest PC maker, is going around Microsoft to restore something much closer to the traditional Start Menu in its Windows 8 machines, in addition ...

Lenovo will be preloading a Start Button/Start Menu from SweetLabs on new PCs it ships worldwide, starting with its Windows 8 consumer laptops and PCs. SweetLabs announced Lenovo partnership deal ...

And though Windows 8.1 will bring improvements, it’s not bringing back the Start menu, just the Start button. The Lenovo products loaded with Pokki will range from IdeaPad and ThinkPad laptops ...

Bloomberg reports that Lenovo plans to “pre-install SweetLabs’ Pokki software, which provides a replacement for the dearly departed Windows Start menu” on new Windows 8 PCs that it will ...

As a result, Pokki released a Start menu add-on for Windows 8 users last year, which - along with Pokki's other app offerings - are coming to Lenovo PCs. The Start button will return in Windows 8. ...

Perhaps that is what Lenovo has in mind by partnering with SweetLaps to bring back the Start Menu that's absent from ...

The reality is that even long time Windows hacks aren't 100% sure of what is bloatware and what is necessary for the PC to run. The column Publisher in Control Panel -> Programs and Features gives ...