Any time I have tried to use Windows 10, I have been put off by the inexplicable input lag. I touch the trackpad, then a few hundred ms later the cursor moves. It feels like wading through treacle.

This is a fresh install on a Thinkpad X1 Extreme, I can only assume that this is close to the optimal user experience. I don't know how people can tolerate it.

Sadly, Windows 10 seems to get bugger by the month. The more I use it, the more weird behaviour I seem to trigger. The recent bugs causing file system corruption when running a disk check also didn't help its reputation in my mind.

After some necessary patching, the original Windows 10 is quite good to work on. Sadly, Microsoft has seemingly changed Windows to an "OS as a service" model, which includes sending huge amounts of tracking data, instead of building just a good OS. For the average consumer, this Ubuntu-like model or continuously pushing out the latest and greatest works fine, but for professional use there is very little benefit. No desktop publisher or programmer ever asked for deeper integration of AR into their system but these features have become mandatory if you still want to receive maintenance updates for your OS.

When OS updates force a subscription-based video calling system onto your device, things have just been taken too far. A real shame.