We have read about brand new computers being fried because they didn't upgrade the bios ...
A brand new computer comes from the factory with the latest BIOS. And if it doesn't, that's the manufacturer's problem. Microsoft has nothing to do with the BIOS.
Moreover, new computers haven't shipped with a BIOS for several years. The BIOS has been replaced by UEFI.
Time to learn how computers work, and how to use yours correctly. It's nothing you can't do and you'll be much happier.
In reply to S_and _S: It is not always the case that people do anything whatsoever to their computers that make changes to cause the new computer to crash after a computer manufacturer recommended update or a Microsoft Windows 10 update installation. I have a brand new December 2018 HP notebook and I have it almost crash on me once with a black recovery screen that came out of nowhere. We the end user of the computer can only trust our manufacturer or Microsoft to provide us with the proper, clean and correct updates whether it be a security update, driver update or bios update. It is known that Microsoft and Computer manufacturers have listed updates for the specific users computer that do in fact crash a computer. So I don't get where you are saying 'Time to learn how computers work and how to use yours correctly? Sounds to me like you may be more experienced per say on as you said the BIOS has been replaced by UEFI but most do not know this. So take a break from accusing people and know that you may think you are so special and above all others where you can tell people what to do or what they should be doing or what they are doing wrong.