What's the best Windows version in your opinion?

[V3ng34nc3 65]

I love Windows 7! Maybe it's just cause I grew up with it, but I don't like the simplicity of the new versions 

[ExplosionMare 23,269]

That's my favorite, as well! That and the early days of Windows 10 before they made everything harder to find in the settings. 

Really though, anything is better than Windows 8.1  ! I had to use that one in computer labs and it was so strange! I'm not surprised it wasn't used for long!

[Luna the Great of all the Russias 3,180]

I think back to Windows 7 very fondly. The Aero and Skeuomorphic styles are my favourite for technology, which was prevalent from around the mid-2000s to early-2010s: shiny, glassy, etc. I was very disappointed when the trend shifted towards minimalism, flat colours, and more abstract icons.

Beyond style, I like that... Windows 7 just worked. This is as opposed to Windows 10 onwards, when Microsoft increasingly undermined user's ability to control their own PC, and having users pay for a malware OS. I hope Linux becomes much more prevalent.

Windows 7.

Windows 11.

iOS6 vs. iOS7.

[Dawnshine Wonder 3,292]

55 minutes ago, Luna the Great of all the Russias said:

I think back to Windows 7 very fondly. The Aero and Skeuomorphic styles are my favourite for technology, which was prevalent from around the mid-2000s to early-2010s: shiny, glassy, etc. I was very disappointed when the trend shifted towards minimalism, flat colours, and more abstract icons.

Beyond style, I like that... Windows 7 just worked. This is as opposed to Windows 10 onwards, when Microsoft increasingly undermined user's ability to control their own PC, and having users pay for a malware OS. I hope Linux becomes much more prevalent.

Windows 7.

Windows 11.

iOS6 vs. iOS7.

I agree, Windows 7 is the last time I remember Windows being an actually good operating system, not just because of the aero interface, it was simple, stable and gave users control over their PC's more than any other Windows OS after it, now they're trying to force people to use their store app to get software instead of downloading it directly from a company that actually owns the software, so the exe install whatever cannot be backed up, it has to be downloaded every time a person wants a fresh installation of X application.

You shared a video link to people which showed I was not just imagining the biggest issue with Windows 11 right now, and it corrupts itself on SSD's that have a certain but commonly used controller in them, as it did on mine, I got fed up with it which is why I switched to using Ubuntu. Linux is known for not being compatible with widely used applications but then it's not like Windows is perfect with that either, what used to work with older Windows OS's, no longer does on Windows 11 and its so called "compatibility mode" sucks as it has limited ability to emulate a legacy OS. Steam Deck made PC gaming more accessible on Linux but there's more that needs to be done, it's not just gamers who use Linux, some people use it for work related reasons and may need it for Libre office for or something else.

[KPackratt 849]

For me, it would have to be either Windows XP or Windows 7. The former was what I used during my childhood, so I have fond memories of it, the latter was one of the last good versions of Windows before Microsoft screwed up later versions with unwanted nagware that can be difficult to disable and occasional stability issues.

If the software I use still supported it, I'd still be running Windows 7.

[Longhaul 9,003]

I have to agree with Windows 7, that was one of the better versions that I've used.

[Iforgotmybrain 7,392]

Windows 7, it was the last time they actually improved Windows imo. Every iteration since has gotten worse in one way or another.