On Windows 11, he clicked the Start menu. It opened in the center of the screen. Why? It had been on the left for thirty years. Who moved it? He right-clicked in panic, opening a context menu with seventeen options. “Taskbar settings.” “Personalization.” “Widgets.”
After twenty minutes of YouTube tutorials (watched on his phone, because he couldn’t figure out how to make the laptop’s audio work), he found the Snipping Tool. It worked. He felt nothing. switch users windows 11
He dismissed it. A notification for weather in a city he didn’t live in. Another about OneDrive being full. Then a third , literally: “We’ve added new features to the notification center.” On Windows 11, he clicked the Start menu
“Good afternoon! Check out Microsoft 365 Copilot! Your AI companion for work.” It had been on the left for thirty years
By the time he reached the desktop—a sweeping, generic landscape photo—his Switch sat on the coffee table, screen dark, watching him like a disappointed pet.