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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
Windows 98 second edition, and windows 8.1 are missing. So this whole thing doesn't make sense.

Anyone who hated vista never ran vista on hardware to support it. It was a very demanding OS and most people had old laptops or XP desktops and went to vista with NO power. So their experience sucked. 

Windows 8 wasn't a bad operating system. It actually had a better kernal than 7. The only thing that made users not like it was the new look of tiles and it basically was 2 OS in one. Once you change some settings windows 8 kicked ass but most users would never know how to do it. Windows 8.1 was incredibly good. It's a big step up from 7 in terms of performance, you have a great search bar and everything was incredibly snappy. 

People want to hate on windows 11 but it's not a bad is at all. If you have 10 and go to 11 you won't hate it. I'm sure you'll like some of the changes.
gpt
I have 11. My wife approved the upgrade by mistake. I have been running it for about 6 months now. Except some ui change I see zero difference.

I have a pretty beefy system and I use it for CAD 3d modeling and VR flight simulators. So not the most friendly programs to use. I had no problems with 10. I have no problems with 11. I also do not see any improvements on any thing perf related.

So I don't understand the hate. I also don't understand the love :D