There’s a myth around the tech world that Microsoft follows up its blockbuster OS with universally hated sequels. This theory seems to bear true when looking at its dismal track record. Starting at Windows 95, the crash-happy 98 soon followed. Windows XP, in turn, was ceded by the unstable and heavily bloated Windows Vista. And now, Microsoft’s most successful OS of all, Windows 7, is overthrown by Windows 8, a version destined to become its most hated OS ever.
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It’s not like Windows 8 is awful either. It shares its older brother’s granite-like stability and boots faster than a scolded cat. But its touch-first interface, constant update issues and swarm of bugs has let legacy users down.
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