The way I see it, the screenshots are just there to show HOW the OS works, not what it looks like.
As we all know it can be re-skinned, and I doubt Hyperion are going spend much (if any) time on a set of funky skins. Their time is better spent getting the underlying nuts and bolts working. Once OS4.0 is released, I'm sure Aminet will suddenly have a bulging util/skins directory as we all scramble to design the best looking skin we can. ;-)
[On an aside, is it called 'skinning' or are we going with MS-inspired 'themes' ?]
Ugh, monday morning, and I'm having trouble typing logical sentences....
-Jar.