It's horses for courses. Agree 7 was good for harden mouse user but for us touch geeks it had to be 8. 8.1 was a compromise to try to pacify the Mouse/Keyboard brigade but IMHO the better option would have been to just stick with 7.
I'm certified :lol: so I have to join the early adopter programs '10 tehnical preview'. It's coming along nicely but again have to say so far is sucks for us touch geeks but the old school 7 M/Kbd users will love it. I'm sure it will 'perfect' before official release if they can prize Cortana from under Master Chief.
For now I think the picture in post one sums it up nicely for me.