Microsoft started pushing me to accept the Windows 10 to 11 update. I resisted for a while because I wanted to do it at a time to suit me. However, that's not the way it worked. The reminders kept coming until I was faced with an option to accept the update, or, seemingly, be faced with rejecting the update. In a moment of hesitation, with the aim of finding out more, I must have hit the upgrade procedure. It was away...

Oh well, that was time to go and make a cup of tea. More than one cup of tea later, well, there it is, Windows 11.

I'm slightly underwhelmed, but then, I haven't been digging into features and benefits.

Biggest annoyance is that my taskbar is now uncustomized for me, but a Microsoft customization. OK, I can fix that (time wasted) to put it back to what I had before. Wait, where are the programs? Crikey, they are hidden behind another Microsoft Customization. More clicks required to find my programs.

I have not played Solitaire on a computer since Windows 3.X, so why would Microsoft want to put that available at first click! I get it that many of the other programs have probably paid to be on that initial menu, but really, why make it harder to get to the programs I use!

At some point i'll find time to get rid of the bloatware and restore my programs front and centre.

BTW, don't get me wrong, Google and Apple are just as bad at bloatware, so i'm not singling out Microsoft.