I used to build my own computers, but quit when I switched to laptops. I no longer have a desktop, I have 3 laptops. XP Professional on two of them, Windows 7 on the newest one. I searched for weeks to find a new laptop with Windows 7, almost everything had gone to Windows 8 when I started looking. I finally found one on Amazon and grabbed it. So far it works fine. I don't have an icon on mine, but I do get a pop up once in a while telling me I should upgrade to Windows 10. Microsoft said they would support Windows 7 till at least 2020, but it looks like they may have changed their mind. I had no serious problems with 95, 98, ME, XP, and 7. Vista and Windows 8 were terrible.