Where is the real interface?

OK, I went and downloaded Vista Beta 1 and played for a while. There are some nice things but all in all incremental improvements over XP. My beef though is with the interface and the hype. For years I heard about this super secret 3d interface being developed, it was supposed to make OSX users jealous and makes users want to run out and buy the product when released.

Someone please tell me that this is not it, is that seriously the best you got? I work with OSX almost every day and tell people that Longhorn should have a UI that makes Cupertino shake but this makes me look like an idiot.

Scoble? Someone? Please tell me the goods are still hiding in Redmond and you are going to pull some last second, “Oh yeah, here is the fancy stuff”