And when it comes to Windows 7/8/10, I still have two old laptops running Vista, and that's the end of the road for me and their crappy OS. Everything else I have (and will have) is either Apple or uses Linux.
At work, I freaked the first time I got on to a Server 2012 server. I couldn't figure out what I needed to do in order to do my job, and once I figured it out, I couldn't figure out how to logout of the damned thing.
I just recently had to buy a replacement laptop for myself, and it came with Windows 8.1, and it's miserable! I hate everything about the OS, and this weekend, I'll be wiping the system and putting Windows 7 Professional on it.
Win7 is the last MS OS I plan to use on my own equipment. After this, I'll be using an Ubuntu/Debian based version of Linux, and for the Windows apps that I absolutely have to run, I'll be running them on XP in a Virtual Box VM.
Before my recent experiences, I wasn't crazy about Microsoft. I now officially HATE Microsoft.
Mark