User blog comment:Dustyskies/Windows 8/@comment-26531060-20121125044320/@comment-9548103-20121125044917

Patterns. When Microsoft wanted to improve XP, they created Vista and rushed it too much. Thus, severe bugs, lock-ups, and the occasional data loss issue. 7 was a revision to Vista.

Now, 7 is equal to XP. Vista is 8. Get the pattern?