My first experience with windows was 3.1 in a work environment. I was happy to use it with Xcel because I no longer had to complete hand written calculations on a daily basis.
But from 3.1 on crashes were an all too frequent experience.
For my personal machine I have bought my last Windows OS.
I have one of the last Mac Pros and that should work fine for me for several more years.
LOL my first computer was a TRS-80 CoCo with a cassette recorder for storage, and a VideoTex cartridge and a 300baud manual modem.