Understood. Believe it or not, I have been paying attention to what you have posted in this thread. I was only speaking to desktop Metro.

OK, another question. If I upgrade to Win8 (which I have as part of MSDN) can I install it without Metro?

>Win8 is more than Metro. There are lots of performance enhancements. And many people who have been using it, find that there are productivity enhancements too...even when then go into Metro.
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>>I'm sure it does, but my point was that not having touch capability seems like giving up an important part of what makes Metro Metro. Overall I agree with Bill that it is not a good fit for the desktop. (Agreeing with Bill -- the horror, the horror! ;-) )