Windows is not the only software that needs patches/updates to work; Mac O/S X needs them as well. You also need to realize that Mac has a very narrow product line, so it makes it easier to create a solid O/S, that doesn't freeze and/or crash.
Windows has no guidelines to what computers can be used; as long has you have a Windows disk you can try and run windows, so they need to have it work with any given hardware and that is not an easy task when new hardware is coming out every 2 min.
BTW, I am a Mac user and prob will always be a Mac user but I do understand the differences and respe
