They want the 'power-user' nerds to take them more seriously, because without the serious CLI of a *NIX system, you're not a 'real' admin or super-user, right? But they also want the 'Computers for Dummies' crowd that are flocking to tablets and the like for the 'easy to use' interface that serves up their Email and 'Angry Birds' apps.

In trying to be all things to all people, they're rapidly becoming nothing for anybody. If anything, this will push MORE people towards Mac and the other alternatives. We went from 'Start Button' -> 'Shutdown' to 'Invisible Area' ->
'Settings on Charms Bar' -> 'Power' -> 'ShutDown'? I can sort of see this on a Server OS, but if it's the same on Windows 8...*Shakes head* How do you intuitively conclude that turning off the system is a 'setting'?!? Maybe they're also trying to coax us to leave our computers on 24/7? Because why wouldn't we, I guess...