I'm using Windows 8 daily on my personal machine. I'm not sold on it for laptop/desktop. But, having said that, I hardly see it. I'm almost exclusively in desktop mode.

For tablets, it's a bold move by Microsoft. IMO, in order to compete in the tablet market, they need something different. Android tablets look little different than iPad. Success will depend on how Windows runs on ARM processors. If Office is there, Microsoft has a good chance of some success in the tablet market.

>What do you think about Metro?
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>At first I was dismissive. A gimmick, I thought, the latest marchitecture from Redmond. A radical UI from a company whose UIs made us yawn a long time ago.
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>Then I started hearing a steady drumbeat from the developer community, from people I respect. The guru class of Microsoft-related developers are on fire about Metro. They seem to think it is the first new paradigm in 10 years. So now I have an open mind. It's different, true. I am not sure about the desktop but I think Metro is going to be a serious player on tablets. It seems made for a touch interface. And it has won at least one award from a designers' group.
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>All revolutionary things are both revered and reviled. They force us out of our comfort zones.