Windows 8 dramatically changes the boot experience, removing all those gibberish text that doesn't mean anything to 99% of the population.
By Leo Boon Yeow -
Source: Building Windows 8 Blog. No more looking at gibberish, when the next iteration of the operating system reaches consumers in 2012.
Source: Building Windows 8 MSDN Blog
Even on Windows 7, the boot experience has been exactly the same since way back, before we care to remember.
Thankfully on Windows 8, all that is about to change.
Source: Building Windows 8 MSDN Blog
Everything you do now, be it choosing an operating system, changing options or configurations, will be completely redesigned to be more aesthetically pleasing.
To top it off with a bit of sugar, even the dreaded "Blue Screen of Death", or BSOD will look dramatically different, and possibly not as annoying.
Source: Building Windows 8 MSDN Blog
That doesn't mean we'd like to see it often though.