“If you want Windows 7 desktop, Windows 8 has it...”
Not really. I keep getting crap turning up at the sides or corners, even though I supposedly turned that off.
You didn’t turn it off.
Those are actually nice features. I don’t mind having the hot corner or hot edges. They’re very useful when you need them. Other than that, you must’ve seen the “old” desktop, and it works just like Windows 7 did.
But, there will always be those that get used to doing things a certain way, and anything that even remotely appear foreign to them, must be bad.