A new record for Windows patches, fixes? Screw ups?

Microsoft today sets a new record for 26 patches, many for security.  I’m for getting my system working and secure, but the installation kills my productivity.  How do you make something so faulty? (that’s my pointer to screw ups).
It’s not giving me a whole lot of confidence that my system will function right either.  Why can’t we have something that works?  Or better, let’s have an OS that hackers don’t find so easy to mess with, or find out why they hate the company that produces it so much they want to hack it.  My choice at work is Windoze, I’m stuck with this at work.  Home is going to be different if this keeps up.
Powerbooks are looking pretty good to my right now.