wmmills

TheStatusKuo
Refusing to upgrade my OS. I kept Windows 7 on my PC for way longer than I'd like to admit. I ran into SO MANY stupid unexplainable software, hardware, and driver glitches that I just chalked up to "custom PC" flavor. They just kept piling up over the years. Every single hardware upgrade came with days of troubleshooting. Registry edits, installing custom drivers, etc. It felt like my OS was held together with duct tape and twine. 
 
My experience with Windows 8 on my older laptop at the time was a dumpster fire. Once bitten, twice shy. My new laptop with Win10 finally made it a palatable experience. Did an in-place OS upgrade on my desktop. Everything...EVERYTHING just worked. Compatibility is like oxygen. You don't truly appreciate how essential it is until it's gone.

You must be new to custom building and O/S installs cause windows 7 was about as good as it will ever get for Windows. It looked good, there wasnt any services or settings that you were locked out of like in 10, it had some telemetry but it was easily shut down and stayed that way.....imagine that! It didnt force you into updates of silly programs besides security. It had about half as many working services,52-68 wheras 10 has 125 at least, so it was a way snappier experience and thankfully, they didnt cram the windows mobile services into it for nothin. If there was ever a O/S that was terrible from start to finish, besides windows ME, its windows 10. Its a abomination. Now dont get me wrong, 7 has a few issues too but nothing like 10 and im pretty sure 11 is going to be as bad or even worse.

TheStatusKuo

wmmills
 
You must be new to custom building and O/S installs cause windows 7 was about as good as it will ever get for Windows. It looked good, there wasnt any services or settings that you were locked out of like in 10, it had some telemetry but it was easily shut down and stayed that way.....imagine that! It didnt force you into updates of silly programs besides security. It had about half as many working services,52-68 wheras 10 has 125 at least, so it was a way snappier experience and thankfully, they didnt cram the windows mobile services into it for nothin. If there was ever a O/S that was terrible from start to finish, besides windows ME, its windows 10. Its a abomination. Now dont get me wrong, 7 has a few issues too but nothing like 10 and im pretty sure 11 is going to be as bad or even worse.

Your use of "it" when you talk about software is an interesting choice. Been building computers with my dad in the dial-up days. I remember enjoying the amount of control we got from NT, XP, that then carried on to Win7. I enjoyed that it was designed to obey the user, sometimes reluctantly. I'll agree that Win10 is not a step in the right direction for consumer rights. I think it's absolutely idiotic that Microsoft makes WinUpdate reinstall bloatware and services I already removed. I still remember the moment I vowed never to use Skype again: when "quitting" the app only minimized it to the system tray and there wasn't an option to change that. It's eerie watching the insidious creep of control being taken away from end users. We're no longer the target audience. People made choices when they designed this software. It is functioning exactly the way it was designed to. It's a damn shame that the designers don't see a problem with overriding the choices and preferences of people like us, but they answer to a higher call with a larger wallet. Before I take a drink from my Mountain Dew Verification Can, I'll pour one out for consumer rights.