Boot time is a non-issue if your boot partition is on an SSD, which is the case for most serious users today. I actually measured the difference. My Windows 7

Boot time is a non-issue if your boot partition is on an SSD, which is the case for most serious users today. I actually measured the difference. My Windows 7 used to boot in ~20-22 seconds. With Windows 10 it went down to ~15-17 seconds. Sure, Windows 7 was a bit slower. However, it also didn't have forced reboots like Windows 10 does, which in my eyes more than makes up for it.