Cookieman said it perfectly.
For the average user this out of the box virus protection is good but of course you will always get better support with something you pay for on a yearly basis, and its still in relatively early development so just imagine what it will be like in Windows 8 RC
While i find the new GUI interesting to say the least I do think that they have alot more left to do to make it user friendly as i am only just starting to figure the headache out but what can we expect from an Alpha build? I'm sure the end result will be loved by all.