Metro is not necessary as the desktop works fine
in Win 8. I have the control panel and Task manager pinned to my taskbar in the Windows 8 desktop and find with a few weeks of using it, not reading about it, that it works nicely in all areas. I also have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 and wish I could load it there to try out the Metro areas with touchscreen. I like the idea of having the same OS unified on my Tablet, my Galaxy Prevail smart phone, and my desktops and laptops. That kind of integration no one has yet. Apple is making their OSX closer to iOS, and Google has all but a desktop/laptop OS in place.
MS is poised again at a nexus and may make a real impact once again.
BTW, I stumbled around in the developer's preview last year for a months before i felt comfortable and productive with it. Give it, and yourself some time to adjust. And I didn't get comfortable without gradually working up to using it most of each day except when an emergency came up I had to switch over to my desktop and 7 to get done fast enough. Now in the Consumer Preview it is like using windows 7 on the desktop just better and faster, and i have the metro page to explore at my leisure. Hang in there you''ll get it. Heck it took me a day to figure out how to open the first screen to log in the first time last year. You'll do fine, you'll see.
