No, but Windows is so entrenched that they don't need to actually be competitive in order to keep making profit. Instead, the Windows team has to invent things nobody ever wanted or needed that they can advertise to make it look like they're still useful. Software UX polish-passes don't make good marketing. You can't seriously put "you know that one weird thing that only happened to a fraction of users sporadically? we fixed it" on a marketing campaign.

I miss XP.

I'll accept Windows 7

The rest suck ass.

you are not alone.

operating systems for the youtube generation. Like and Subscribe to open your recommended apps!

Trust me you want to use an online Microsoft account as your sign in for your personal PC. Are you sure? You'll be missing out if you don't! Trust me...

^ windows when you install it.

I mean how else will you get wicked fast search results for your apps when you push the windows key? Ha! Gotcha, first we will search the web, and slowly. Your work can wait.

Experience on Linux and Mac is way better for launching apps.