You are right, I erred in my terminology. But this explanation is exactly why you should like Metro. You can use it to file all your programs neatly while keeping your real deskstop for workflow. Like I wrote earlier, I found myself to migrate all my programs icons to Metro and using the deskstop, well, as a deskstop with crap getting mixed in with programs. I'm on 7 at work, and I get frustrated having to minimize everything or click Start, All programs, then navigate to open a program while at home I just "side mouse click, click program" When I think about it, Metro reminds me a bit of Windows 3.1, where you had actual windows of programs neatly sorted. It is baically having this http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=...a=X&ei=MWinUsSKPIPesASz4oGgDA&ved=0CDgQ9QEwAw popping up lighning fast a click away instead of wasting time navigating though trees.What exactly is better about it? And Metro is not a desktop. In fact, that is metro's primary problem for me. A desktop is a place where you can store links or file for quick access and organization. It's a workflow metaphor. Much like my desk at work has all relevant materials on it to accomplish my current projects, I then file the material in drawers when I am done with them. It is the same thing with the windows desktop. I have files and folders on the desktop for easy access and organization. Once they are no longer relevant to my current needs they get filed away. It's simply a better work flow.
And let's not forget, Metro is extremely limited in how it displays multiple apps at once. Only side by side, not over and under. Not good when working with something that has a lot of columns like a spread sheet. There is also the fact that you can't span the metro UI across multiple screens.
There is simply nothing superior about metro on a no touch, desktop environment.
I use 8.1 on my surface with no mod fine as that touch device lends itself to metro. On the other hand, I just can't use 8 or 8.1 on a touchless desktop without start8 or similar.