[dijit]

> I think it peaked at 8

Practically every benchmark agrees with you, aside from the Metro start menu, it was solid.

[1attice]

I am old enough to declare it peaked with Windows 2000, which was mercifully a version of NT that crashed less and had a UI that was intended for serious use, rather than consumer market thrills.

Which is why it was on the market so briefly. Every commit since has been for the bottom line, not the user.

[cobbaut]

NT 4.0 did not crash that often if you rebooted it weekly (not uncommon at the time). And it had a simpler menu.

But I agree about W2000 being peak Windows.

[rvnx]

Same with iOS 18, "Windows 2000" was great, then Apple went downhill with iOS 26 "Windows ME"