Vista was a disaster, which probably explains why there weren’t a lot of Windows 7 downloads. However I like Windows 7 just fine. Its a lot better than XP (which was perfectly fine for its time).
Never liked Macs or the MacOS. And, no, I’m not a MSFT employee.
I have always wondered why MSFT is HATED while Apple is well loved...
So it’s advise time. I’m getting a new laptop tomorrow. Should I have Window 8 installed?
What exactly do you like about it? I just find annoying changes from XP including that a few of my programs now longer run on it. In fact I just had to resurrect an old XP laptop so I could run some TI DSP development programs which are not supported on Win 7. My Encyclopedia Britannica stuff no longer works, nor my Wilson Poker. I also find the non-standard facecards so annoying that I cannot play FreeCell anymore.
ML/NJ
I can't speak to whether or not Vista was a "disaster" in the marketplace.
But I've been running it on the machine I'm on for the last four years without a glitch of any kind. Very stable and reliable.