Okay, to give an explanation that might make sense.. Yes, I prefer windows over other OS's, so I'm pre-oriented to like it, however, I can be somewhat unbiased.. I actually abandoned windows 7 for Ubuntu 12... Anyways...
If you liked windows Vista or 7, you might like 8. I mean, you can pretty much ignore the Metro part 95% of the time. You have a regular desktop view if you prefer it, however, you can access a little more power using some of the apps the tie into the core of the OS if you so choose. I don't particularly like how some of the apps look, but they function how they're supposed to, which is a step up from a lot of windows apps. For those of you that tried a build preview before, and didn't like the blocks of color in the Metro UI, the tiles have been adjusted a bit, and are now way better, and display information so it doesn't look like a sea of color blocks. It now uses your photos, album cover photos, contacts profile pictures, etc., to display on their respective tiles. Now the biggest qualm people seem to have is the no start button thing. Yes, the start button is what Metro UI is for. But the cool part is that it speeds a few things up. You no longer have to specify that you're using search; search box is unnecessary. Once you press the start key, or go to the Metro UI, simply start typing, and it assumes that you're searching. Another interesting feature, though more common, is IE has a built in autocorrect for some simple misspellings. It's actually active right now, and helping me type this haha.. (borrowed that from firefox or something I'm sure..)
EDIT:
So here's my official review on it, if you hadn't seen it on another site yet...
Now, as many of you know, Windows 8 has been released in various stages to the general public in the last several months. I myself have been testing it somewhere in the four to five month time span. I have seen alot of improvements since the first beta release of it, and it seems as though this latest release is the closest we will see to the real thing before it is finalized and released.
What does that mean to you guys, the end consumers? Well first and foremost, you have a choice to make; Will you stay with old technology you are comfortable with, or branch out into "new territory" so to speak? If you liked Windows XP, and the way it operated, you should like win8, though some people may not like a few feature changes., the most notable being the lack of a start button. For most people, this should not be a problem, because the Metro UI is much better than a simple start menu. The most common function (searching and starting a program) is much more simple now, only requiring you to press the "start button", and start typing. It sends you to the Metro UI, and when you start typing the application name, it auto-searches for you, no search box selection needed. If you type part of the name, it displays a few different options that have those letters in the name, however, if you type enough of it, it appears at the top of the list, and you simply press enter. Now, for the die-hard fans of the traditional desktop model, myself included here, you still get that view, as you are accustomed to, and can have desktop shortcuts like usual, and you can access "My Computer" by opening windows explorer, and selecting whatever you would like to in the normal way.
I have yet to find a program people would be using that does not run within Windows 8 as well, though I did find one program, extremely outdated, that will not run. Win8 does not want to run Sim Ant, one of the original DOS games, though it does run SimCity from the same time period, sometime back in 1998 or so (maybe earlier, though don't quote me on that). The useful feature in Win8 is the apps; Mail, Messaging, People, and Weather are my favourites, and their names speak for themselves. Using the apps, just about everything is integrated together, and from a developers point of view, it would be a smart idea to think about using the app framework for any programs you would like to develop, because the apps have the ability to share information between each other. For example, the Messaging app can take info from the people app (your contacts) to send messages to anyone you have as a saved contact.
Graphics are good as well, with built-in support for somewhat decent resolutions. My video driver simply doesn't work with Win8 (which is fine, it's a driver meant to work with nothing after Vista), so I have no manufacturers driver to rely on, but I still have a resolution of 1280 x 800, which I know isn't huge, nor is it the maximum my screen can handle, but it's better than the 1024 x 768 that Ubuntu defaulted me to with an install of Ubuntu 12.
All in all, I would give Windows 8 a 7 out of 10, and once it is released, I'm sure the final will be at least a 9/10 after all the polishing and final features are done.
I think the part I like the most is that it's useful, runs the programs I use, and, runs smoothly on my laptop, which had trouble booting even Ubuntu 10 because of the processor speed. Now, how much will stay the same or change before it is released is yet to be seen, but I think it will be interesting to try out.
Please don't double post within a 24 hour period. ~ G_G