The 'tile screen', like windows 8 has, is completely gone. You immediately, after a log in, go to the desktop. And if you left click the windows logo (or press the windows key on your keyboard) you see the windows 7 start menu, with the windows 8.1 tiles: COMBO! Added feature: you can add/change/remove the tiles.
Right click on the windows logo still lets you see the 'pro' shortcuts (Task manager, Command prompt, Event viewer, etc)