Im hoping and assuming that there is quite a bit of customization on the desktop and the Metro interface. To me, the videos i have seen of it look like the nyan cat ate fruity pebbles then puked them up on my desktop about an hour later. I honestly do not have high hopes for Windows 8. Recently it seems like everytime Windows takes a step in the right direction, they promptly poop all over those efforts. Hopefully im wrong and windows 8 is a great OS.