Send Mixture an E-mail with an attachment and see if he agrees it's in top shape
Soon enough that computer will become just like the rest owned by people with no regard for the security of their computer or the good of the internet.... another zombie node spamming out to the greater internet....
and that makes data back-ups more important than getting updates
Absolute load of unadulterated rubbish !
BOTH backups and updates are important. No ifs, no buts, no "toy or no toy". If you've got a computer, you've got a responsibility to back it up and update it. Even more important if your computer is connected to the internet. Consider it like a pet... you wouldn't consider either feeding your dog
or taking it to the vet.... you do both. If you're incapable of doing both, you shouldn't own a dog or a computer.
If you think updates are unimportant.... I've seen lots of updates that are there to, for example, avoid data corruption due to some bug in the SCSI/ATA drivers. Don't bother patching and... well... your data ain't going to live long once the bug hits you.
mixture, as the Update topic has been raised, I wonder if you could clarify something for me. I've just installed the important (Win 7) updates but not the optional.
Might help if I replace the words
important and
optional with
must and
should respectively.
The optional updates will cover new feature, minor updates, minor bug fixes. Stuff which is probably worth having, but doesn't have a security or major system stability implication and hence is classified as optional. All optional updates eventually get rolled-up in to a Service Pack, so you'll get them eventually one way or another (since Service Packs tend to be classified as Important).