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It it weren't for Office, no one-- and I mean no one-- would use Windows.

I just spent three hours fixing a performance problem on Win7 yesterday due to some Microsoft installed "features" that behaved indistinguishably from malware.

There were thousands of complaints about related issues on MS' website without a hint from MS about how to fix it.

Sorry, but most of Microsoft's products are a POS. They're great for 'toy' applications that you can quickly prototype something with-- but try a real world app with load and you'll spend an endless amount of time trying to figure out how to 'tune' Windows because you have no idea what MS' software is doing (or failing to do) behind the scenes.

It it weren't for Office, no one-- and I mean no one-- would use Windows.

That's pure garbage and you know it.

Most people who use Windows don't have Office installed, and might never do it. Windows is a stand-alone OS, and not a prerequisite to a follow up product, such as Office. The corporate sector does use Office, and thus, they do need a good OS to go with it, and that's why Windows is a prerequisite in that area, but that's not the case for the consumer sector.

When it comes to Windows 7, there is no question that it was/is the most stable version of Windows ever, and, since there is no such thing as a perfect product, people will have some issues, but the vast majority of people won't. There is a very good reason for Windows 7 having sold more than 660 million licenses. I myself have never had an issue with Windows 7, and now, with Windows 8, I haven't had any either. Windows 8 is an improved version of Windows 7, but with two different faces or UIs. If most of MS's products were "POS", like you say, then most people would never have been able to get anything done with them, including the corporate sector. But, you and I and the whole world knows that that is not the case. So, perhaps the problem is YOU. In a lot of cases, hardware and software were designed to be used in certain ways, but there are people out there who don't know how to follow instructions. ;)