I hear ya, and I understand it no longer gets regular updates, though a few are sent our way every now and then. But it’s still the best O/S out there and if taken care of it will last for years. But I understand what you’re saying.
Win 98 was the worst. It was constantly dying the Blue Screen of Death. Later, it became so badly infected it was barely usable. I manged to download an antivirus with Spider or Web in its name. It cleaned it up.
After that Win 98 worked, but still died on a regular basis. I used the opportunity to quickly buy an XP system.
I've had this Win 7 laptop for over eight years, and it's never died on me. Never crashed.