But that's exactly what isn't happening here. Windows 8 doesn't provide two different but equally important user interfaces for the two types of devices it's targeting, it provides one tablet-oriented UI and begrudgingly, disdainfully provides only the parts of the old desktop UI they couldn't get away with cutting, on the publically-stated assumption that developers are supposed to port their "desktop" software to Metro, simply because MS says so.
That is not exactly true, you can avoid metro on windows 8 if you want. On todays hardware that may very much be what you want.
After Windows 8 is launched there will be new hardware. Microsoft are creating a bridge across the divide and it will be interesting to see what direction they take by the time it RTM's (which is months away).
Windows 7 has been great & Windows 8 is better in many ways. The UI takes a little getting used to, but my netbook is running the consumer preview & I might get round to installing it on my laptop too.
