You should at least try it. It's awesome. If you don't need your usual mainstream games, you can do everything. I assume you have a VPS for all your tools.
Why do you keep the updates on?
First thing I do on a new machine is disable the updates, the firewall, the action center, and the other 80 (or so) Windows services. Then I install custom Firewall and block everything I find.
Last laptop = 3 years, not a single virus.