No, Win32 will not be coming to X1. Microsoft is very careful about naming with Windows 10, but it's as separated as it always was.
Previous way :
Windows Phone/Mobile was totally separate from Windows Desktop (XP/Vista/7)
Then with Windows 8/8.1, they added the 'Windows Apps' (read : they were jealous of Apple and Google selling apps and making a mint) as something you could use on the desktop, but you could also use desktop-side legacy applications of full scale like Photoshop, full office suite, games, etc.
With Windows 10, they are naming the mobile windows and desktop windows the same things, but only the desktop PCs will be able to run the full gamut of typical PC applications (in addition to the mobile ápps' that they are so desperate to push).
X1 and Phone will only be able to run the apps, but no traditional software that you would envision a PC of running (unless someone makes an app version of it).
The easiest example I can give you if you've used Windows 8/8.1 is the Internet Explorer. There is a desktop version and a metro/App version both preinstalled. If you open the desktop version, you see all the familiar menus, the start menu/taskbar is at the bottom, etc. If you open the app version, you get a touch-optimized full screen version that is cut down a good bit.
All in all it's not a bad thing, but I have had Windows 8+ since before it was released, and I've never bought, nor will I ever likely buy any Apps from the MS store or other source. I suppose they could force it, but I inevitably find that the app versions of things is less useful than a desktop version of the software for use on PC or Laptop.
For someone that's bought into Windows Phone, Windows RT, that kind of thing, it could be useful.
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