My most recent (Acer) laptop came with Windows 10 and it was insufferable a year ago - intrusive "suggestions" in the menus, hopelessly inconsistent owing to the unfinished transition to "universal" apps and clearly aimed at turning the "owner" into a profitable revenue stream.
I've been running Linux Mint and it's generally fine for day-to-day use. The touchpad freezes from time to time (seemingly a driver problem noone really knows how to fix). LibreOffice mostly works fine for domestic purposes and the things it makes a meal of (such as producing mailing labels) can be done with web-based services instead. I get video tearing, particularly if you scroll at the same time, but it's mostly fine. I don't do computer games, so I don't miss out there.
I have a Windows 7 VM I use from time to time for specific bits of software for which I have yet to find a suitable alternative, but its use is becoming less frequent.
For all its faults, it's better than the alternative and the alternative is only going to get worse.