Originally Posted by
le Pingouin
I've had a brief play with Win8 in a virtual machine (VirtualBox) & control panel is there but is accessed using the Metro interface, not the standard desktop.
Metro is clearly aimed at small screen touch devices (tablets & phones) & on first blush would appear to offer little to the keyboard & mouse brigade. Very much like running OS X & iOS on the one device.
Metro doesn't replace the standard interface, but augments it. It's obvious that a lot of work from Win7->Win8 has been in putting the Metro interface into it and ensuring it works with non-Intel kit, so I wouldn't expect there to be much of an uplift for Win7 users on the interface level (and wouldn't be that bothered either way TBH)