I usually have templates of different OS laying around as quick sandboxes. All I need to do is create a linked clone, and in under 5 min I have a new Sandbox ready to be hacked.
As Windows 8 is made for tablets in mind, Microsoft has implemented some gestures. As with anything else, when using Windows 8, these gestures becomes how you use the OS. You can also use most of these gestures, even if you don't have a touch screen for your Windows 8.
Last Friday I got my highly anticipated W700 in the mail. I was existed to see that there was a tablet in the "wild" that might be able to be both a ultra portable, but at the same time have some juice. I could only get the version with Sandy Bridge i3 in Sweden, on Acer US website I could see a W700 with newer i3.