"The change from say one version of Windows to the next is tiny, and happens every 5 years or so." This is simply not true - the OS can and does change with mo

"The change from say one version of Windows to the next is tiny, and happens every 5 years or so." This is simply not true - the OS can and does change with monthly patches. Windows and Linux are both worse than Android or iOS/OSX in this regards I find, but that's to due with vendor preference not an underlying guarantee.