Same here. A Windows install takes hours to complete.
Microsoft has gone hysterically insane with updates. They need to write solid code instead of demanding constant daily, even hourly, updates to crappy code.
Windows is still suffering from the “mobilitis” that went through the market a few years ago. Everybody wanted to be tablet/phone-ready. Linux distros dabbled with it - but were able to move on a bit quicker than windows.
Windows phone was a flop - after MS remade their PC OS to match the phone tablet “experience” - so dumb, and the OS still suffers from it.
That said - if anyone has an old Windows Phone sitting around and you have a LG Smart TV - there is a pretty good remote control app in the Windows Store. I actually prefer it to the MagicRemote that came with the TV. It has a cool screen capture feature. Also lets you use the phone’s touch surface to control the on-screen pointer - the stock remote stinks for that task. Makes good use of a phone that might otherwise go to the junk pile.
The real problem with microsoft's updates is not so much the volume, as the insanely primitive way they are applied.
Take some media and install Win 10 from scratch. Then download/apply/reboot, download/apply/reboot, download/apply/reboot, download/apply/reboot, download/apply/reboot.
Install Linux Mint 18.1, which was released in a similar time frame. Download/apply/reboot. You're ready to go.
This is because Mint, like other Linux distributions use a modern package management system. Windows is stuck somewhere back in the 90s with their package management.