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Can't remember a windows update taking longer than 5 minutes. And even if it did take that long, you can just press "update and shutdown" when you stop using the pc. Windows has a lot of problems but this isn't one of them.
A lot of it happens in the backgound. It is at least a 15-30 minute process from start to finish. Very annoying if you have an older computer as it is sucks up a lot of resources updating during the background updates.
I normally don't ever shutdown or restart my desktop. I like leaving program and stuff running so I can continue what I am doing when I get back. With an update I have to close out all of my shit and then shutdown and open everything back up.
I also swear when you have updates pending on a restart the computer doesn't run very well.
I see now. I have pretty beefy computer so I haven't noticed that. I also shutdown my computer every night so it's still not problem for me.
Another issue is that windows will eventually force a reboot on you with pending updates. You can postpone it for a while, but eventually you'll be in the middle of something and it will just do it anyways.
This is, in some regards, similar to rape...
Edit: to clarify,
Hopefully, we'll agree that rape is much worse, but the underlying principle is the same: some entity abuses something you own - your body/property. Since you're the owner, you exclusively should be in control.
Unfortunately, it can sometimes be necessary to leave an abusive partner/OS. This can be challenging if you "need" one but they're all evil and dominating. M$ is not abusing its users as violently as some people are abusing their partners. However, their subtle abuse of their users takes place on a much bigger scale. Not only in this (pretty unimportant) regard, but also by e.g. unwanted telemetry/tracking. Luckily, non-abusive partners of the Linux family are becoming easier to find and date, and many are already flirting with one or more of them.
Bruh what
You heard him, its RAPE!
I've clarified my answer.
If your computer is always running it may never take longer than five minutes. But try to leave your computer shut down for a month or more. Then updates accumulate and it can take really long to make them.