[chris_wot]

So I don't really understand Metro. If it's been designed for tablets, and not workstations, what UI do you use for day to day work, on a workstation?

[bornhuetter]

Windows 8 has two environments. One looks pretty much exactly like Windows 7, but with no start button, and the other is Metro.

If you don't run any Metro programs, the only thing that really changes is that the start button is replaced by a start screen with all those live tiles and icons on it.

[molmalo]

This is what I think that a lot of people is misunderstanding. You will use the desktop as always in a workstation. Only while launching apps you will use the new start screen, unless you pin your most used ones in the taskbar. That way, you could work all day long without using the new start screen.

[chris_wot]

So I guess I'm not sure what compelling case there is for Metro on the desktop then. What does it give me that the old UI didn't?

[tjoff]

The (about) same UI that you have in windows 7.