Win 7’s GUI is still the best IMO. The modern Windows UI is designed to operate on a traditional desk computer or a tablet or a computer (laptop or desk) with a touchscreen, and it stinks at all of them.
Windows 10/11 are giant pieces of spyware. It’s galling that they have the nerve to charge for it.
I upgraded a laptop from 7 to 10 for free, and another from 10 to 11 for free. So eager to get the spyware on that they didn’t charge me.