“Windows updates are smooth, easy, and keep the computer running flawlessly.”
I really wish that was true, Mr. Balmer; my life would be so much simpler. A client of mine is running an older machine with XP Pro SP3. It cannot install critical updates that have already downloaded for Net Framework 2.0 or higher. A short cryptic message says the installation attempt failed, but gives no reason why. Nice, Microsoft, really nice. Smooth and easy, uh-huh. And that is not the only Windows PC I have troubles with installing updates.
XP is 10 years old. Anyone still running OS X 10.0 from 2001? With all due respect, have a look at Windows 7. Its far beyond XP. You cant criticize Windows based on information thats out of date by a decade.