The flip side though is that on Windows you can run an installer from 20 years ago, or sometimes even just copy the program directory over, and it will work. You might not have to reinstall Linux, but you'll have to update it and sometimes those updates mean that old stuff starts working. The big win of Windows for a long time was that old stuff would still work no matter what, and you could maintain old workflows on newer computers till kingdom come.

That advantage has been lost with Win10, which jumped on the constant-update bandwagon and took control away from the user. For me that's what tipped the scales to Linux.