> Ok then, but in which ways was it better than 7?
The way I remember it it was less gratuitously flashy, or at least easier to switch back into a win2k-like mode. Doesn't 7 force you to use a GPU-accelerated desktop or something?
You could still switch to the classic look & feel on Windows 7, which turned off DWM (GPU acceleration). It was Windows 8 that removed that option, forcing DWM.
The way I remember it it was less gratuitously flashy, or at least easier to switch back into a win2k-like mode. Doesn't 7 force you to use a GPU-accelerated desktop or something?