I've had the Tascam 16x08 for years, and once they released the current driver version, all issues with the interface vanished. It doesn't matter if the interface is on or off when I boot up, WIndows updates haven't caused any problems. The 3.x drivers were tempermental, sometimes it would glitch, but a power cycle usually fixed it. I think the current driver is 4.0. It's been out for about 3 years and is solid.
I thought about picking up something like a Motu to use with my laptop, but I really don't need it. I just end up using my Zoom recorders for portable units.