[happymellon]

> not being able to mount things wherever

Just to clarify, this was actually like most of Windows. You could (in XP at least via Disk Manager), but they made it harder than it needed to be.

Multiple workspaces was a thing as well that came with XP Power Toys and was a feature in later versions, but not simple to access, and mostly broken because they never test it.

I made my final transition during Vista. Touching 7, 10 and 11 for work purposes means I can see that I don't miss any of it.

[dijit]

I’m not sure any of what you wrote is an endorsement of the grandparents comment about Windows being a superior OS 15 years ago.

[happymellon]

It wasn't.

Windows is awful, and has terrible discovery for features, and anything off the main "happy path" is usually broken. This isn't a new thing since they fired their QA folks, it's always been bad.

It is just the "Windows can't do this" statements, when it can.