Ken Springer wrote:

I was playing with a big touchscreen monitor in a store today, found it
to be a general PITA, especially since I know a mouse and/or keyboard
shortcuts are far faster and more efficient.

I recently bought a new W8 touchscreen laptop. I find that I continue
to use my old ways but for perhaps a different reason than most. I
find it easier to use the mouse/keyboard shortcuts than to clean the
damn screen of fingerprints every day... :-/

there are users who find the Metro UI limiting,
cumbersome, and slow to use.

I didn't find it hard to get used to the Metro UI. But so far I don't
care much for the MS store apps I've tried. And I've found the web
versions of many to be much better. Time may change this.

I know I don't particularly care for the
Win 8 desktop options either.

Biggest desktop thing I miss is the start button. But I guess that's
everybody's complaint.

When I get Win8 running on real hardware,
not a VM, I will search out 3rd party utilities to customize the
computer to work the way I want it to, not the way MS or Apple has set
things up.

There's lots of 3rd party stuff out there already. But I wanted to
learn to use the UI as it is for awhile. Later we'll see...