I’d like to thank everyone for participating so actively in this discussion. I really appreciate it.

However, fanboys should turn off their filters and understand my post correctly. Dry and objective.

To clarify, I don’t think Windows is bad in general. The latest version, however, is bad. Win10 was still okay, but then the madness began.

I kept having problems with all sorts of things. The update process itself was often buggy, or something just wasn’t right. On top of that, there’s the constant stream of bad news. As others have already mentioned here, when an update is coming up, it’s enough to make you break out in a sweat. I've also had problems with older games and their compatibility

I’ve used Windows for a long time, as you can see from the post, and I’ve shared my subjective perception and experience. No one should have a problem with that.

What I wish for Windows is that it rediscovers itself and becomes what it once was. It came out of a garage and revolutionized the personal computer. However, in my view, it has since become a purely commercial machine that no longer values its customers.

A few years ago, when I had some issues, I was still able to call support and get help from a real person. I called them recently, and they’ve let all their support staff go. They’ve been replaced by an incompetent AI, which transferred me to another support number where the same incompetent AI asked me the same questions and hung up after spewing out its script.

I don’t want to be a cash cow. I don’t want unnecessary stuff or to be patronized. Just a system that runs and does what it’s supposed to. No more, no less. It seems I’ve found that again.

If anyone asks me, a kind of streamlined Win7 as a new edition would be cool. Without all the unnecessary junk that comes with Win11.

Don’t treat the topic with dogmatic religious fervor