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Do you honestly expect to be spending a lot of time admiring your Start screen background?
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Maybe not a lot of time, but I definitely spend some watching my wallpaper at start and between switching apps. It's one of the things making my desktop look unlike bilions of other people's desktops. And its pretty (if e.g. I use some hi-def art as wallpaper)
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I use my phone to check emails, browse the internet, check Twitter, listen to music, watch videos, play games.
I use my computer to check emails, browse the internet, check Twitter, listen to music, watch videos, play games, and do work.
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How? Give me some examples, beyond color scheme and window size.
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For example I'm currently using my PC to do some programing while doing multiple files operations and talking to somebody, the screen looks that way:
It may look like a mess, but I can easily maneuver between windows by clicking/touching (if I had a touchscreen) the visible parts, I don't even have to Alt-tab. If it was Metro UI I wouldn't be able to set the windows that way and If I wanted to see how many % of files were copied, I'd have to either drag myself to other workspace or drag it to me, stealing unnecessarily all screen's Y (and wasting my time, as touching the part of the screen is still faster than touching and dragging the edge) . The point is the lack of the freedom I have now is enough for me to be unable to work properly
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The problem here is that those are very different UI paradigms. Metro is very clearly designed as a move away from the traditional desktop, so it’s important not to think of it in the same terms.
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I'd go here with traditional: "If not broken, why fix it?"
(I don't agree with "MS doesn't know what else it can do with Windows to make more money" explanation)
Also, MA's right.