It seems that the main aero theme will be the same in the CP. No metro redesign. Very sad... I hope they will do something about that at the end...
MS does not focus on Aero anymore. Everything is Metro now. Windows, Windows, Windows. Metro, Metro, Metro.
Why are you so sure? Microsoft could even update the Desktop theme later, like they always do. At the moment they are focusing on functionality and that it works perfect.
Vista had a second beta though, hxxp://winsupersite.com/content/content/128095/showcase/winvista_beta2_13.jpg The release candidate and above didn't change though.
Feature freeze, yes. But new theme is most defiantly possible. A theme isn't a feature, its the overlay of the UI. Windows XP beta 1 and 2 didn't have the theme that RTM had, Vista didn't have the theme in beta 1 either.
Also Microsoft is currently working on the AeroLite theme with Metro elements and we didn't see so far the final theme of it.
Well they still have some time to make a new theme/improve.But I don't know if there will be a big difference,I mean they didn't really change too much at all in the current builds... BTW: Does anybody know why MS didn't make a new direct x version? Xp,Vista,7 all had new directx versions,why not 8?!