Sorry but this guy seems like an idiot:
“Remember when letting your Windows system get automatic patches every month was nothing to worry about? I do. Good times.”
I started building PC’s for people in the late 1980’s. Because PC’s have so many different configurations, include so many different devices (each with there own drivers), there has “always” been the potential for conflicts with new updates.
Apple’s are a closed system which Apple tightly controls. Microsoft is an open system which allows people to “roll their own” and hot-rod their systems. This increase in variability increases the probability of software conflicts.
I remember the world of DOS with config.sys and autoexec.bat and the need for memory management. I was a beta tester for Windows 95 and XP. There has “always” issues with security patches and updates. That the author of this article doesn’t remember this casts doubts on his credibility...
Spot-On.