[PenguinCoder]

Windows 7 was peak Windows. Sane enough defaults, power user settings still accessible _and respected_, didn't have ads or run electron everything. If MS would've stopped fucking changing everything, but increasing security instead, it would still be king and not losing market share. Instead we have this Win 11 bullshit, forced down your throat everything, because MS knows better than YOU. While it continues to be bloated and doesn't do what you want or actually need.

[PeterStuer]

Because 7 was their last UI aimed squarly at the mouse and keyboard user.

[kyleee]

I also came to quite like the aero UI. Indeed Win 7 was a delight