Windows worldwide market share is stuck at 15% and falling

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Some programs don't work on windows 8. Even with the new windows 8.1 it not that great. It does use less ram. Don't get me started on windows 8 failures. I would rather have compatibility than less features. Metro is only good if you have touch screen monitor.

 
+1.  I tested Windows 8 extensively in our business environment and despite Microsoft's claims, there were many enterprise applications that work fine under Windows 7 Pro 64-bit that failed under Windows 8.  And if the claim that it uses less ram is true, I'd be willing to bet that's only because they removed Aero (which at least looks nice and runs quite well on modern graphics hardware) and replaced it with those flat, lifeless-looking tiles.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose. IMHO XP looks too dated, although its Silver theme isn't too horrible. Vista looks like some half-breed kludge, although it was okay for its day. 7 looks great, professional and modern with its translucent borders and gradients (once you tweak a few settings), and 8 is even worse than XP - flat, dull, lifeless. They've even removed such basic things like being able to adjust icon spacing... unless you want to use a registry hack. :p
 
But this is the kind of question where you ask 100 people what looks best, you're going to get 101 different answers, LOL.