Hello:
As detailed in other threads, I have temporarily decided to hold off on transitioning to Windows 8 for my "production" systems.
I think the UI changes are very drastic, particularly the removal of the old start button and its associated start menu. Metro is a step back for my day-to-day use. It takes longer to find and use legacy applications on the Metro screens than it did on the old start menu. I also don't like the way Metro's pseudo-search works when you just start typing your application name. The old start menu's search worked much better, and gave more relevant results for me.
So I'm going to hold off on 8 for day-to-day use. But, I am still planning to include a Windows 8 partition on my main system, and I will use it on a semi-regular basis. In my unofficial position as personal tech support to some of my family and friends, I feel it's necessary that I have it and learn it, warts and all.
I'm thinking that I might use Windows 8 as my so called "service system", which would mean that this OS would be available for Antivirus scans, backups/imaging of my other OS's on that hard drive. It would also be the system I use for partitioning, debugging, and even defragging of selected partitions of the other Windows systems, such as my DAW or my Office OS and data partitions. It could eventually become an application development environment for me, but that's a low priority at this point.
What do you think of my plans?
And I'm curious: What, if anything, do you plan to do about Windows 8 when it's available in October?