I don't even use Windows, yet I still notice them when being at a game jam or a similar event. There's always somebody who complains about his Windows that started updating, with the best case being a guy waiting for his turn to connect his laptop and give a presentation, only to notice that it started updating meanwhile :D

I'm one of those seemingly weird people that simply never has issues with Windows.

I've used every professional version of Windows as a dev since Windows Vista and it's always fascinating to go online and read of the horror stories that people have with Windows.

The only time I ever complain about the OS is in your typical enterprise environment where admins load all sorts of terrible gunk in the name of security that every so often has your machine slow as molasses.

But my personal machines all get updates regularly and so far so good.

No I as well barely notice them. The only time I have is on my work laptop. But our IT department handles those updates.

You'll notice if you use standby heavily. No problem on my Mac. I think at one point I had a year uptime. Windows will happily close my opened documents and reboot on its own.

I'm an insider and i only notice them when i login and I get the "hi" message. they all happen overnight, I used to get warnings for them and a choice to postpone but I just set it up so it runs after 2am and since then never bothered me again.

I have like 4 windows PCs, three laptops and a 5-6 year old desktop. Never an issue, ever.