I can't see leaving Win 7 for this. To me, this interface may work fine on a phone or tablet but NOT a PC. Is it just me or is Metro UGLY? I'll try the preview when it comes out, But I doubt it will change my mind.
That is the thing which gets most of the negative publicity, over an above what extra are you getting in win8 that you don't have (and need) in win7 and is it worth the price.
I think they are taking a big risk with designing an OS that is so geared to touch screen devices, without giving and easy classic desktop option without constantly having to go through Metro. I have to say when I first saw the Metro interface of windows phone 7, I though it boxy and butt ugly and it hasn't improved.
I had been hanging back on this XP system until more on win8 was known before replacing it, not particularly wanting win7 (don't like it that much on my netbook either), but win8 in its current form doesn't appeal to me either. What now, Linux
Even if this proves to be the new Vista as Dch48 thinks, Vista still made MS billions (for such a so called failure), so success is hard to gauge in that light.