Windows vista was not that bad.

You have had too much Java to drink.

Where is the joke?

The moment someone says "not that bad" my only thought is "story of traumatic events incoming".

I'm waiting. ;)

Skipped it, XP straight to Win7. Remained blissfully unaware until someone reminded me it was a thing and then I realized that there's probably going to be a person out there, somewhere in the world, using it, and they'll get a software bug on it with my programs.

Backwards compatibility will be a nightmare.

compared to Windows ME, right?

yes, it was not "that" bad.

it was worse.