"Metro is innovative and powerful, but its high learning curve will discourage more than a few of you."

Why do these guys keep repeating the same old BS. This OS is not difficult to use at all. Man does anyone have an original thought anymore, every tech side I go to just rehash the same crap. Do some research and release an original thought. Please!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgKGOMV-5_I

completely agree. there is a learning curve, but it's not that steep.... actually, it's more of an adjustment, than a learning curve.
And other than the new "start menu", everything else seems to be pretty much the same as win7. I kinda like it.

Agree with you Chris. Even this article is pulled from CNET which currently has a very predictable bias towards apple.

I spent 10 minutes at a Microsoft kiosk in a mall trying out the surface and was using it with no problem.

I fooled around with Windows 8 at a local Costco on two events. The first one I tried it on non-touch screen laptops and it was a royal P-I-T-A!

The second time I tried it on a touch-enabled 27" all-in-one HP and the touch interface makes a HUGE difference. It makes me go from the "not-interested anymore" after the laptop, to "I would try one" for a touch tablet.