> Devices like audio interfaces and printers are so much easier to get working than on Windows.
Windows auto-detects network printers. I'm not sure how much easier than that it can get.
> The system preferences menu is a lot cleaner and easier to navigate than control panel
That's why Microsoft made the Settings app. It used to be pretty bare, but has gotten quite functional and fully-featured over time, so I think we're at the point where it's unnecessary to touch the legacy Control Panel anymore.
There are legitimate gripes to be had with Windows (not in the least its data collection), but I don't think most of the ones you listed are the ones.
Builds with 'sets' (tabs) have already circulated to Windows Insiders, so it can't be very long until we see them in the stable builds. They even work across apps! https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/8/17318334/windows-10-sets-a...
> Spotlight is the best system-wide search compared to Windows or any third-party Windows tools.
Have you tried Wox? https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox
> Devices like audio interfaces and printers are so much easier to get working than on Windows.
Windows auto-detects network printers. I'm not sure how much easier than that it can get.
> The system preferences menu is a lot cleaner and easier to navigate than control panel
That's why Microsoft made the Settings app. It used to be pretty bare, but has gotten quite functional and fully-featured over time, so I think we're at the point where it's unnecessary to touch the legacy Control Panel anymore.
There are legitimate gripes to be had with Windows (not in the least its data collection), but I don't think most of the ones you listed are the ones.