My buddy was showing me Win 8 non his HTPC. He is a guy that works exclusively with MS software.
First he needs to show my the screen with the seemingly random colored and sized boxes, not sure why that exists, but he calls it the start screen I think. Then he shows me how easy it is to switch to the desktop. Fine. I ask why the other screen exists then, he talks about tablets and phones. Great.
I ask about the store and he opens it. So this is just MS using one monopoly to maximize profit in another area? He says probably. But he is happy, he wants more apps for his Win 7/8 phone. Seems like an anti-consumer position to have, but that sums up MS.
Then he wants to demo something else, but he can't remember how to do it. After fumbling around he realizes it was just right click on the desktop. Forgot what that even did, but the fact that he is stumbling around is funny, so intuitive!
I dunno, the whole experience looked like some 3rd party skin on Win 7. Completely unnecessary. Of course it is cheap to upgrade he assures me. Well ya they want to get me into their store, which will never happen. So I'll stick with Win 7 for gaming and Linux for work. I can only hope Win 8 crashes and burns Vista style so MS can get a course correction. I don't want a tablet interface to my PC, thanks.
Steam big picture mode is all I need