You might even consider getting one of the $25 copies of Win7 and hold it until you have to get new hardware, then install it in place of whatever the manufacturer pre-installed. If that happens before 2020 (when the Win7 security updates will stop) it might be a worthwhile investment in sanity.
That’s a good idea. A computer seems to last about 5 years around here so that would work.
I have 3 unused copies of Windows XP Pro and 3 good licensed copies of Windows Server 2003. I think I held on too long. :-(