Nice idea but it just doesn't fit.
Windows 95/98/Me were all poor.
XP was widely panned when it came out because existing hardware wasn't quite good enough and it was riddled with security issues. Rememebr SP2?
Where did 8.1 go?
Windows 10 is full of the stuff people are complaining about in this thread.
95 good. 98 bad.
2000 good, XP bad (for me), Vista bad, 7 good, 8 bad, 8.1 better but not great, 10 OK, 11 bad.
As always: https://www.badscience.net/wp-content/uploads/complicatedcov...
("I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that." -- Ben Goldacre)
...and for a good release Windows 10 is pretty bad.
Despite all the flak it got at the time, Windows 8.1 (plus StartIsBack to hide metro crap) is still the best Windows released in the last decade.
Windows me - bad
Windows xp - good
Windows vista - bad
Windows 7 - good
Windows 8 - bad
Windows 10 - good
Windows 11 - bad
For a bad release windows 11 is pretty good. This gives me hope that windows 12 will be their best ever.
This is why it would have been smart of them to stick to windows 10 like they planned, but like picking at a scab they just couldn’t let go of the idea of rearranging the deck chairs and rechristening the ship as windows 11.