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Originally Posted by rcentros
No, I mean you have to worry about anti-virus and anti-malware software (updating and upkeep) and issues with the Registry (cleaning out the cruft, etc). And there's also issues with upgrading all the applications (Flash, Java, Adobe, etc.) -- all done with one command in Linux Mint. My father used Windows until a few years ago. It was a pain to support him (I'm 600 miles away) -- when he moved to Linux Mint those issues went away.
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Windows 8 onwards has an adequate AV program built in which downloads new AV definitions once a day automatically ("Windows Defender"), so no need to worry about that. Windows updates happen once a month (the second Tuesday of the month: "patch Tuesday") which doesn't need a special reboot: most people shut their computer down at the end of the day, and that's when the updates will be applied. Apps like Java, Flash, etc, auto-update and don't normally need a reboot.
With the greatest respect, I really think you're exaggerating the difficulties. If you're happy with Linux, that's great, but there are an awful lot of people who are equally happy with Windows.