Windows 7 - I like to play games occasionally but I think Windows 10 is trash, I hate MS spying and advertising in my start menu, etc.
> Win7 is still far more stable
Would like a source of this. I didn't see a BSOD in like 5 years now.
> the UI is still far superior
This is subjective.
The consumer editions of Win10 are managed like Arch Linux, it is effectively rolling release and its users are perpetual beta testers. Since Nadella's ascension, QA/QC has declined considerably. I believe the KB3201845 update broke DHCP for a swathe of users, as an example.
The worst part of Win10's interface is in the Start menu, it dedicates too much space to Metro files for what used to be links to Computer, Documents, Control Panel etc. Speaking of which, there are two control panels with overlapping features, a confusing experience.
More worrying is the fact that they dropped Win7 support if a new-ish CPU is detected in your setup, even though the OS is not anywhere near EOLd yet. Deeply dishonest move, or as we call it around here, "Microsoft is still Microsofting".
I really wish an alternative to Windows would pop up for gaming.
I'm also using Windows to run Reaper (DAW).