This is exactly right. I suffered through vista, loved the hell out of 7, and right as 8 came out, someone offered me an iMac for cheap. Started learning OS X and when 8 came out and I saw what was going on, I never went back.
I’m almost at the point where if my company gets me a high-end subscription to an AI system, I’m just gonna backport all of the security updates to 7 and start rocking it again.
My big gripe with windows 10 is them putting half of settings in the Settings app but you still need to dig out the legacy control panel for stupid shit like audio device management that makes sense.
10 was ugly IMO and it turned the anti-consumer bullshit up to 11
I will say that 7 lacks the cool retro flavor that XP had, but maybe that’s just because lots of Linux UI looks about as old as 7 (Cinnamon being the biggest “offender”).
I think Windows peaked with 7. The last time that you felt like the upgrade was worth it or at least not a step backwards.
This is exactly right. I suffered through vista, loved the hell out of 7, and right as 8 came out, someone offered me an iMac for cheap. Started learning OS X and when 8 came out and I saw what was going on, I never went back.
I’m almost at the point where if my company gets me a high-end subscription to an AI system, I’m just gonna backport all of the security updates to 7 and start rocking it again.
Agree although I loved XP. 10 wasn’t terrible in the end, and 11 is a shit show
My big gripe with windows 10 is them putting half of settings in the Settings app but you still need to dig out the legacy control panel for stupid shit like audio device management that makes sense.
10 was ugly IMO and it turned the anti-consumer bullshit up to 11
I will say that 7 lacks the cool retro flavor that XP had, but maybe that’s just because lots of Linux UI looks about as old as 7 (Cinnamon being the biggest “offender”).
Yeah, I was going to say 7 as well.
People said the same about XP when Windows 7 came out.
And they will say the same about Windows 10 when Windows 12 comes out.
It all depends on the Windows version you are most familiar with.
I never heard anyone say that. Windows 7 was generally well regarded as soon as it came out.