So existing functionality being removed doesn't matter because existing functionality replaces it? You're going on about it makes it seem like its new, something that's been there for years. I'm struggling to understand what's NEW that's good about it?

One of the new functions of 7 that I liked as an improvement is that program's on the start menu would expand to have their own sub-menus. Eg I click Start, however over Excel's icon and it expands to show the most recently opened Excel spreadsheets and pinned spreadsheets too. That way you can launch not just Excel but the specific spreadsheet. I also use that function (and pinning of favourites) regularly for Word and Steam. Is that still there?