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You should notice a faster boot time since MS stripped away half of the features like the Media Center to make the MinWin lighter. That would also expect to be improved after 7 first brought it in once realizing Vista was Windows grown too big. Yet I never bashed Vista!
But as far as usability that will depend on what you need to see in a particular version. MS stripped out things I use regularly on Windows up until 7 and now will no longer see with 3rd part intervention? And it isn't "just the Start screen and Modern" as to why I likely won't be doing much with 8. It simply won't suit as a second OS here despite being newer as 7 would have been to Vista when bringing in a better Windows to start with. Everything works with 7 while 8 lacks!
While running the CP and RP builds it didn't take much to size up the latest. It is to simply bash 8? I wouldn't waste the time since someone will do that for me regardless of what new version comes out as well as how good or bad the latest is or isn't. Someone will always be there to find fault!
Vista proved to be a much more reliable OS then XP ever thought of being but was bashed into the ground as a general practice. So who is to say 8 isn't the right OS for some people? On the other hand it will simply be a harder sell to the majority who now see an OS that looks like it was trashed in favor of Tablet/Phone abandoning the traditional desktop concepts people would be expecting to see.
What that means despite how much you may like 8 the next person will simple be shaking their head and not want to bother! It won't matter what improvements were made at the core level since most never look there to begin with! Only the technically inclined users will pick an OS apart for dissection purposes!