Caveat: I only run Linux and for most of the last 20+ years that has been true. My windows experience is very limited and very outdated.
For me, the last version of windows that was usable out of the box was 2k. The interface was clean and intuitive. With some work, you could make XP behave like 2k. Not sure about 7 but doing that in 10 appears to be impossible. (I've tried to help family members make sense of it, with no luck.) If I had to use windows for something, that's the UI I'd hope for. I don't get what's going on with it any more. I'd take it over macos but that's just because I have some muscle memory for the keyboard shortcuts and I find the macos shell hyper unintuitive too.
I use xfce because it feel like just enough UI to run the two GUI applications I use: xterm and a browser. Maybe it's time to use SeaMonkey again. Used to love it.
For me, the last version of windows that was usable out of the box was 2k. The interface was clean and intuitive. With some work, you could make XP behave like 2k. Not sure about 7 but doing that in 10 appears to be impossible. (I've tried to help family members make sense of it, with no luck.) If I had to use windows for something, that's the UI I'd hope for. I don't get what's going on with it any more. I'd take it over macos but that's just because I have some muscle memory for the keyboard shortcuts and I find the macos shell hyper unintuitive too.
I use xfce because it feel like just enough UI to run the two GUI applications I use: xterm and a browser. Maybe it's time to use SeaMonkey again. Used to love it.