Now you have nailed it
Now is clear. Microsoft is showing an OS easy to use by kids, beginners, and mobile devices fans; but unappealing to the eyes of old-school IT veterans.
But there is something almost certain that will happen (as it always has happened before): The new computers will come with Windows Color Blocks (I mean, Windows 8) pre-installed (as happened with Windows Vista and Windows 7), without option of changing to older versions. If the final product results as bad as Vista, that will be very inconvenient (to say the least).