AI pc sounds like something so flaky that as a user you relegate all your powers to the overlords and become sumbissive in hoppes of obtaining what they thinkn is what you wantz.
But all they add to Windows is optical character recognition and webcam backgrounds, so really they're just ultra efficient GPUs, nothing neural about it
I assumed they would do some kind of local LLM that helped me find files, but no, the search function in windows explorer has actually regressed and no longer matches on exact substrings.
I'm sure the 25% tariffs to start are going to kill pretty much all laptop sales next year anyways. I don't think anything at all will be driving laptop sales.
So wait are people going to take this as the last chance to get a non-AI-infected computer? Or is the projection here that people are going to switch away from 10 because it’s going EOL?
I don’t really think official support means much, I mean Windows is basically insecure as a platform whether or not it is getting patches, so who cares really? And I’d rather be infected by classic dumb viruses than Microsoft’s first party AI enhanced malware.
Umm, I guess technically it is? We've known about Windows 10 EOL date for a long time now, since it was first released in 2015.
Say what you will about Microsoft, but they have consistently supported Windows for a MINIMUM of 10 years since Windows XP (2001). That's absolutely a solid record when you compare it to the computing half-life of support that other tech companies usually give. Look at Samsung, or even Google. Hell even Apple maxes out at 7.5 years for it's longest supported device.
I don't recall EOL being acknowledged until quite recently, a quick search brings me to a "confirmation" last year [0]. Not to mention the 2015 evangelism slip up that errantly put on record that Windows 10 would be "the last version of Windows" [1]
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 is supported until 2032 thankfully.
The AI PC marketing campaign as of now is not good. What exactly is an AI PC?
Many consumers are still uneasy with some AI use and just tagging this label onto a laptop doenst look to be increasing mindshare or moving units.
AI pc sounds like something so flaky that as a user you relegate all your powers to the overlords and become sumbissive in hoppes of obtaining what they thinkn is what you wantz.
It's a PC that has a decent NPU. By next year every PC will be an AI PC so it won't really matter.
> It's a PC that has a decent NPU.
Nondeterministic processing unit?
Neural Processing Unit
But all they add to Windows is optical character recognition and webcam backgrounds, so really they're just ultra efficient GPUs, nothing neural about it
I assumed they would do some kind of local LLM that helped me find files, but no, the search function in windows explorer has actually regressed and no longer matches on exact substrings.
There are a lot more features than that.
Well if the ads I saw during the SEC football games on TV were any indication apparently Intel and Dell think it’s campus food delivery bots.
I'm sure the 25% tariffs to start are going to kill pretty much all laptop sales next year anyways. I don't think anything at all will be driving laptop sales.
Don't be ridiculous. Consumers will still have plenty of American-made laptops, made from American-sourced parts, to choose from. /s
So wait are people going to take this as the last chance to get a non-AI-infected computer? Or is the projection here that people are going to switch away from 10 because it’s going EOL?
I don’t really think official support means much, I mean Windows is basically insecure as a platform whether or not it is getting patches, so who cares really? And I’d rather be infected by classic dumb viruses than Microsoft’s first party AI enhanced malware.
That won't stop Qualcomm from claiming AI turns a profit when reporting their earnings.
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Planned obsolescence.
Umm, I guess technically it is? We've known about Windows 10 EOL date for a long time now, since it was first released in 2015.
Say what you will about Microsoft, but they have consistently supported Windows for a MINIMUM of 10 years since Windows XP (2001). That's absolutely a solid record when you compare it to the computing half-life of support that other tech companies usually give. Look at Samsung, or even Google. Hell even Apple maxes out at 7.5 years for it's longest supported device.
I don't recall EOL being acknowledged until quite recently, a quick search brings me to a "confirmation" last year [0]. Not to mention the 2015 evangelism slip up that errantly put on record that Windows 10 would be "the last version of Windows" [1]
[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2023/04/30/microsof...
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2015/05/08/window...