Was a carnival nightmare until SP2.

Best NT kernel based version was Windows 2000 Pro, XP SP2 was acceptable with classic interface but already too much bloat. After that are complete shitshows.

The CNC machine I run at work is driven by a PC running Win XP. IT hates it. Took it off the network and everything, but it just keeps chugging along. XP was an alright OS, IMHO.

And that kernel is the only good thing in windows

Service pack 2, which made the OS usable from a security standpoint, didn't come out for almost another three years.

Nah, man, it's been like, ten years, at most...