I saw the beta version at the company I left a few weeks ago. It looks underwhelming. I'm not sure what 8 wants to be. My ex-boss spent a lot of time trying to work out where things are. Somehow, that old trusty Start button in XP and 7 was all you needed. MS might claim 8 is simpler and improved but it weren't broke so why did they?
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68). "I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).