Windows 7 is still in the lead for adoption. This should send microsnot a message, don't mix tablet and desktop operating systems.
Exactly, Windows 8 is absolutely horrible, without a classicshell you just can't use it, these tablet-nudget icons make me puke. With windows 10 they added back the desktop with all the icons, but they added alot of what i would classify as spyware, software for personalising ads etcetera. (
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2956574/microsoft-subnet/windows-10-privacy-spyware-settings-user-agreement.html )
Thats why i'll stick to windows 7, it might be outdated, but it is still, in my belief, the best windows out there. It is simplistic, good-looking, and has all the functions which are needed.
You are correct, windows 7 right now is the best, but if you can move to Linux, there are many user friendly distributions, it is not like the old days, when installing your drivers was hard, now Linux distributions are very easy to use, and if you want to use an application from windows you can use wine or you could dual boot and keep a windows installation there.