It is a long standing fact that ME is by far the worst OS ever released by MS.
Vista and 7, the most stable on the proper hardware with the proper drivers.
As to the problems experienced by others..... all I can say is,,,,
It's not 7, or Vista, and many many times not XP.
A.) Incompatible Hardware/Software
B.) It's a problem with the hardware/software
C.) Or between the Keyboard and Chair
I have been running 7 for quite a while,,, my wife also uses it, and believe me, if there were any such problems, I would know about it.
Problems related to some/many/ or one person, does not mean it is inherently a problem with that OS.
I can not stand when people want to just throw blame at something that they have absolutely no proof or idea that it absolutely is the problem, but they sure as hell know for a fact that it's not them, or their system, so it must be the OS.
"It doesn't work for me, it must be the OS, (and in some cases) Software/Hardware, so it's crap."
Faulty driver, hardware, software, other something or other, does not constitute an OS related Bug, fault, problem, or anything OS specific related.
If the problem is a driver (most of the time, as long as it is not bad hardware, this is the problem), blame the hardware manufacturer and talk to them.
If it's software, in many cases this is also the case... talk to them. Not the OS.
Seriously? If the problem were an absolute specific stability problem with the OS, then, wouldn't it stand to reason that I (or all of us) would be experiencing the same exact thing?
If it's a problem with the OS,
A.) Should it matter what Hardware it's run on? No.
B.) How bout Drivers? Should those make any difference what so ever? No.
C.) How is it that a large majority of people do not have the problems that others have, if it is in fact a problem with the OS?
I have not once had a freeze, BSOD, had to hard reboot, soft reboot, any reboot, any reloading of anything or fixing of anything that was purely OS related. This also goes for Vista, which yes needed a beefy system to run, but on those systems, it runs flawlessly.
I have had to update drivers, and reinstall software (Bioshock only). But those are not specific OS problems. They are software/driver specific problems.
If someone is running incompatible hardware/software, or there are unseen issues with such, then those can be fixed by replacing it.
You have ZERO proof that this is solely related to the OS.
Please stop calling out bugs and instability , and placing blame where none should exist.
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With that said,,, aesthetics are a personal taste, and just cause one person doesn't like them, doesn't mean all will not like them.
I happen to like 7 much better than XP or Vista.