Bad medical news, and mixed Windows developments

Two weeks ago today, my doctor wrote me a prescription for prednizone tablets. I took two a day for a week, and my wrist swelling and pain seemed to be diminishing. I finished the prednizone treatment one week ago today. I decided to wait for a week before going to talk to the doctor again. I just wanted to see what might happen next. My bad news today is that the wrist pain and swelling came back starting yesterday. This morning it is pretty bad. The pain and swelling are in my right arm, wrist, and hand. My plan is to go see the doctor again tomorrow, if he can take me.

Meanwhile, maybe you remember that last January I bought a new micro PC. It's considerably smaller than the mini PCs I've owned and used in the past, including one mini PC that Walt and I use to stream television shows up in the loft, where we don't have a satellite TV decoder.

At the top of the photo is a mini keyboard. The small devices in the next row down are the mini PC on the left and the micro PC on the right. The device immediately above is a 10-inch Android tablet.

The micro PC came with Windows 11 pre-installed. I thought having it and familiarizing myself with the new Windows version would be a smart thing to do. Microsoft's tech support and updates for Windows 10 will be ending in just a few days. Over the past week, I spent some hours every day tinkering with Windows 11 and trying to wrap my arms around it. Well, it didn't work. Yesterday, I finall broke down and gave up. I installed Windows 10 on the micro computer and I won't be using Windows 11 again in the near future.

Now I'll work on setting up the micro PC for blog authoring, photo editing, and other tasks the way do them on my laptop, which is about 12 years old and, knock on wood, which I feel no need to replace at this point. I wonder how things will go in the Windows world over the next months and years. I can't see myself learning and enjoying working on Windows 11 any time soon. Will there be a Windows 12 one day? Will it be better than 11? Will Windows 10 continue to work for me?

I'll keep you posted. The micro PC still seems to have been a good investment. It wasn't expensive. Now with Windows 10 installed on it, I'll be able to compare its performance and the performance of the three other Windows computers I have: a standard-sized desktop PC, my faithful laptop, and my Windows 10 mini computer that we use as a media server when we want to watch television up in the loft.