Honestly, how people are still using Windows these days?! 
It's more than proven that Windows is pure crap.
It's more than proven that Windows is pure crap.
Some people have to do this thing called "office work" and "financial work" and "play video games," and, sadly, Windows is pretty much still the only OS with sufficient application support for those
Solution: get a new office, a new financial system, and new games. You can work from home, for bitcoins and play the abundance of free (and surprisingly good) open source games. However, I agree this isn't practical for many. Microsoft is well dug in among corporations.