You should try the win8 preview and see how fast ie10 is (the touch version). The full screen apps look great. This is a game changer and most won’t understand it until they get to touch it. I was the same way with the iPad until I got to try it.
We’ve been running it. What you don’t understand is that professionals who operate Active Directory domains don’t really care about little speed gains with applications that aren’t mission critical. That kind of poking around is for the home.
What we care about - for the general user - is ease of use and compatibility in the workplace. And for that, the current release is Pure Fail.
Admins around the world are looking at this like their standing in the shallows, with everything under control, but there’s a 30-foot swell about a half-mile out, coming in fast and it’s gonna suck when it hits.