The one advantage I've found with Win8 is moving data to a memory stick or external hard drive. I can move mulitple items at once to a memory stick. The 2nd and 3rd items will be in stand by mode until their turn. In Win7 and below trying to move multiple things at once results in the copy/paste starting over.
To advance to the Home screen try the Windows Hot Key and "M" key at the same time. The Tiles are a waist of time. Why should there be a learning curve to Windows? PC Sales are way down. I wonder why?