Hardware was definitely the issue. What got me to first install Linux was my wireless card just randomly stopped working. People were recommending that I do a full reinstall of Vista to get internet working again. I installed Ubuntu instead and never looked back.

I started with Ubuntu, switched to Mint and finally settled on Arch.

Linux users come in waves after every major Windows release

That 40% isn’t for Windows Server, is it?

XP was alright, but I’m mostly just nostalgic for the aesthetic of 95/98/2000

Vista was the reason I switched to Linux