Are you kidding?
NONE of the OSes I use or have used on a continual basis since the '80s has EVER possessed "perfection", as you seem to want.
Since I have used every major consumer or business OS, and at least one "Big Iron" OS (IBM JCL360), this means that I have NEVER encountered a single OS which was "perfect" (needing no further improvement or fixes) from Day One of its release.
Why is this? Because NOTHING a man can "create" can EVER be "perfect", since an imperfect human being (and we are ALL imperfect) can NEVER create "perfection."
Additionally, the Universe is subject to its own Laws, one of which demands that energy in an open system which is continually expanding can only decrease.
A proof of that Law is the fact that everyone and every thing eventually breaks down, and return to the consitituent atoms from which they were made.
Which means that there will always be machinery breaking down which needs fixing, always be errors in programs which need correcting, always be something newer and better to replace old or failing things.
Ergo, updates, fixes, and upgrades will always be necessary. I will not say they are "a necessary evil", because updates, fixes, and upgrades are in no way "evil", but rather are "necessary good for Mankind."
There will always be change, until all Suns die out or blow themselves back into atoms, and then all will return to the Great Darkness from which it came.
In fine, the man who is seeking perfection in the reality surrounding him is doomed to failure. It just doesn't exist in this Universe.
Have the "long" view, friend. Look beyond your own pain to the pain of others.
BTW, the last time I installed XP, it took no more than 45 minutes to download and install EVERY UPDATE available for XP since Service Pack 2 was released. Of course, I do have a 10MIPS connection from Comcast. I would never have been able to do it out in the boondocks with a 23Kbps dial-up.
Anyway,enough of my pontificating.
Donald McDaniel
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