Comment by bigstrat2003
9 days ago
Vista was indeed fine. I used it for many years and had nary a problem with it. The problem with 11 isn't the core (everyone seems to agree that is fine), it's that Microsoft insists on putting ads and other user-hostile BS in.
I basically skipped windows XP entirely, only seeing it on other people’s computers.
I staying on a thinkpad R31 with win2k until I got a R61 (4gb ram) with vista on it several months after vista’s release. At that point it seemed like driver and other early teething had been worked out, so my experience was pretty positive.
When I eventually moved to win7 I didn’t notice any real difference.