If you buy Windows 8 be Patient with the Metro Desktop
If you are not familiar with touch screen, you may find it cumbersome to use the desktop as you Buy Windows 8 and install in your computer but no sooner you get accustomed to it, you will find that it is just fun to use it. Unlike with icons you never need to open the program to know the first few details. The tile will have them displayed even before you open the program or the app.
This is a feature that has never been tried before. Also if you want to have more apps you could create more tiles. Your desktop could have only the tiles you want. The rest could hide by the side. In case you want to have a look at them, you could move some of the tiles already on the desk top.
This way you could touch and swipe to arrange tiles the way you want them to be. Customizability is a good feature of Windows 8 desktop.