I’m sorry to hear that you were suffering just from Windows malaise.
In 1982 I started my career as a software tester. By 1988 i had decided that nobody cared about software quality because they kept buying Microsoft products.
Microsoft has gotten better over the years, but they still rely more on market muscle than a good, quality product.
I have to agree with that. I do NOT like Microsoft! I will have to take classes in Linux before I can install it with any luck, or buy a laptop with it already installed.