Great versions have bigger title below.

Windows 3/3.1

• GUI - very human friendly

Windows 95

• Taskbar - Start me up

Windows 98

• 32-bit, large RAM

Windows 2000, Windows ME

• Millennium marking versions

Windows XP

• Security features

Windows Vista

• Visual, live app thumbnails

Windows 7

• Performance(?), stabled Vista

Windows 8

• Metro (ancestor for Windows 10 full screen Start menu)

Windows 10

• Full-screen Start menu
• WSL - Windows subsystem for Linux

Windows 11

• Centred taskbar, centred Start menu
• WSLg - Windows subsystem for Linux GUI
• WSA - Windows subsystem for Android

Bottom line:

• Windows 11 is the best for now (2023) but I still miss the full-screen Start menu called Start screen.
• Non-full-screen Start menu can be good too, to see the current app below; but wish it could be resized, and not just folder, metro cards too.
  • The best to be: Non-full-screen👍, resizable❓, with folders👍, with cards❓.