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Hi there
Modern apps (Metro) are a very difficult idea to establish for primarily DESKTOP users -- most people on desktops - even with multi-monitors - tend not to want EVERYTHING (if indeed anything at all) working in FULL SCREEN MODE whereas a lot of people on tablets etc (including phones) are quite used to having their apps in full screen - in fact given some of the small screen sizes of these devices full screen is the only sensible option.
So you really have two totally different types of users (although a WORK user may want a different profile at home).
Seems to me a sensible idea to have USER selectable profiles either at logon or be "switchable" during the session so you can revert to Desktop GUI or Modern GUI at will.
LINUX has had this option for ages of being able to switch the working GUI without needing a Logon - in fact it's easy to switch say from GNOME to KDE, or LXDE or even NONE. The underlying video driver is simply a video daemon / server - used to be called the X-Server --I think it's probably called XORG now and the GUI is just an application running on the video daemon / server.
That type of solution would please BOTH sets of people --those for whom the modern GUI or apps is of no interest and for those who like it and want to use it.
Cheers
jimbo