Indeed it is.
> Do you think the Windows 10 repair function acts like a re-installation?
No idea. If I had to guess, it probably isn't as clean as a true re-install.
> I remember windows XP was slower and bloated by the time it had service pack 3
If you started with an earlier release and layered the SP's onto it, yes that's true. But if you got a "slip-streamed" installation .ISO that had that stuff already installed, you skipped most of the bloat and only got the stuff that mattered.
> In 2020 when windows 7 cannot be updated..... My understanding is that Microsoft will still provide updates for corporate customers. They will have to pay for this service
True. Unsurprisingly, Microsoft responds to bags of $100 bills deposited on its doorstep by large customers.
> Just give me a Windows start button and I can deal with any edition of Windoze. 98, 2000, XP, 7 and 10 have start buttons. 8 did not. A really dumb move/
Which is why Win8 died the gooey death.
Unfortunately, although Win10 restored something that looks like the Start button, it's not a Start Menu, it's just another way to get to all the freakin' tiles.
I swear, the MS focus groups who come up with this shite are on bad drugs.
Thanks much!!! You could get rid of the start button tiles by unpinning them all. I am going to do a search on that.