[citation][nom]ohim[/nom]No Start Menu cryes no more :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?featu [...] tWAPq3Y0#!and you can pick up between Simple , XP , Vista/7 Style Start Menu.[/citation]
Even Start8 got that "I'm not native" feel. Classic shell is no exception.
Windows 8 is like Linux for beginners. People first download Linux... they *love* it. Hell, it works different, it opens Facebook, it's got Firefox. What else you gonna need?
Then problems may arise. It may be a little uncomfortable to use. (Little note: At this point they may even wander around the different distros.) But here comes the second catch. It makes them different. "Regular people" use Windows. 7. They are not regular.. they are unique. They "know" Linux, as they use it.
Windows 8 is the same. It's uncomfortable, but unique. People like to be hipsters.
So far, I only seen this type using Windows 8. The loud guy at the workplace who always pretends to know things better, yet he fails miserably. The friend who only checks his Facebook. And-so-on. Heck, I even go to my former uni to help out, and all I see is 7. Even students use it, who are free to choose.