For those can't, or don't want to, think for themselves but would rather have the new iteration of MS Bob hold their hands while doing basic "baby" tasks while keeping true functionality hidden, consider this, its at your level.

 

Monitors are virtually all wide screen with significantly less vertical viewing space. Good for movies, useless for much else. (Another statement on the sophistication of the audience that manufacturers and MS are marketing to) With less vertical viewing space, MS is their great wisdom decides to eat up even more of it with a ribbon.

 

If "pretty" and "toys" are your criteria for evaluating OS usability you might want to go back to crayons.