Steven Sinofsky, head of Microsoft's Windows division leaves the company

I wasn't even aware there WAS a version appropriate to the desktop. Which might prove your point, lipe123. Now I'm going to look for some reviews of the Pro version - it might change my mind about trying the new version. Maybe.

Personally, I was expecting to hate using Windows 8 on a desktop but to my surprise I rather like it. It still does all the things Win 7 did, you just do them differently. People love to complain about change, but if you keep an open mind and think about working differently it starts to make sense.

I'm a developer so make fairly high demands of my PC, often running multiple copies of Visual Studio, plus Eclipse, Firebug, IIS and a bunch of tools as well as multiple browsers, email and music apps etc. At first some things annoyed me and took some working out, but once you get over that it's a solid OS with some nice features and a much needed facelift!

The 'wheres the start menu' mantra is wearing thin and just announcing that 'Metro is awful' is unconvincing. Personally I find Modern UI a very slick front end with a crisp contemporary feel to it. Gone are the hackneyed glass effects and grey shaded bezels, but that's just my opinion! Everyone's entitled to one!