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I assume you mean forced reboots for updates? Linux is definitely leading here, my MacBook needs a reboot fairly frequently for updates, I'd almost guess at more often than my win10 machines. That said, one reboot a month isn't an outrageous ask I don't think.

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There's a difference though: on macOS the system will say "there's an update, do you want to install it now?". If you select "yes" the system will upgdate and eventually reboot, otherwise you can go on with whatever you're doing without worrying. On windows instead you get a notification that says "I just installed an update and you need to reboot, if you don't do it right now the machine will reboot outside of the active hours". I just don't understang why Microsoft doesn't put a simple toggle for automatic updates in W10. MacOS has it, all the linux distro have it, even iOS has it, why is it so difficult for them?

> my MacBook needs a reboot fairly frequently for updates, I'd almost guess at more often than my win10 machines.

I call bull, unless you’re on a beta channel.

When was the last time you had to reboot macOS for an update, and how long ago was the second-last update?

I had to reboot to do the update from 10.15.4 to 10.15.5

And cannot remember the last time any one of the 100+ windows 10 machines I administer had a forced reboot.

In 10 years I have never had a forced reboot on macOs, that I explicitly did not allow.

Meanwhile there are plenty of horror stories of people being unable to work, or worse, losing their work, because of Windows 10 updates.

I don't get forced reboots either. I'm running a stock Windows 10 Pro, and I haven't changed very many settings from the default. I'll get a notice that I should reboot to get an update about once a month, but not a forced one.

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