XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 21:59:41 -0500, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
      
   > On 1/6/26 8:56 PM, rbowman wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 20:18:43 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 16:15:04 +0000, Brian Gregory wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Windows Vista did seem to have a bad reputation, but actually it was   
   >>>> very like Windows 7 ...   
   >>>   
   >>> Gee, I wonder why the users couldn’t be satisfied with that? Do you   
   >>> think it would have helped if Microsoft had explained to them that   
   >>> “Vista actually is very like Windows 7, so if you like Windows 7,   
   >>> you’re bound to like Vista!”?   
   >>   
   >> I consider myself lucky to have went from 7 to 10, bypassing Vista and   
   >> 8.   
   >   
   >   
   > 8.x was actually the best version in history, if you had Classic Shell   
   > or Start8.   
      
   https://www.stardock.com/products/start8/   
      
   iow, if you made it look like 7.   
      
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