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erazog Personally I feel they should spin it off as a separate product, call it Copilot OS powered by Windows, just don't call it Windows which has an expectation (& legacy) as a keyboard and mouse system. Leave stock Windows be a power user desktop experience which is what it excelled at. I get it MS doesn't want to be caught in the past but I don't think the AI revolution is really here and even 30 years from now lots of people will still be using the same key/mouse interface of today. Reply
Jabberwocky79 If I were to boil down the resistance (hate) into the simplest form, I'd say the problem is loss of control. So many people are feeling like they are losing autonomy in their daily lives, and AI is one of the prime culprits right now. One big corp after another keeps telling us how awesome it is and bulldozing over the fact that people don't need or want a clanker to do everything for them. It's insulting, not to mention the fact that I've yet to see an AI agent that is competent enough for me to want to trust it with all of my daily choices, including how to run my OS. Reply
das_stig 5 Windows machines in house hold left to be transitioned to Linux. 2 Dell servers to go to Proxmox and run Linux containers of similar Windows software. 2 Gaming PC's, mine will go as I know my games are compatible, sons may have stay as he is a DCS nut. 1 works laptop, can't do anything about that, yet ! and I'm betting a lot of people in similar thought, that they don't need Windows now. Reply
ezst036 Admin said: has taken to social media to share his enthusiasm about the evolution of Windows. Perhaps Pavan should share his enthusiasm for the rapidly declining market share.(Mostly to MacOS, some to Linux) People already do not like Windows Recall and find it creepy and deceitful. Doubling down in an area like this seems like an internal plan to destroy the Windows Operating System brand. ………………… Not that I mind internal sabotage at Microsoft, BTW. That's my gut feeling about the comments. If I was intent on taking an OS brand and making it "business/cubicle only" what is the plan I would embark on? This is the plan, this is what I would do. If Microsoft keeps this up only users in cubicles like at insurance companies will want it anymore. It just seems like Microsoft knows very well how to be an Azure cloud company while responding to corporate needs, but they have entirely forgotten how to be a local OS company responding to individual human non-business needs. Reply
hotaru251 "ai" is stupid (literally) atm. It makes mistakes frequently…heck it doubles downs on its mistakes being correct unless you push it hard engohu to accept it was wrong… People don't want that on their machine 24/7. People don't like all the data harvesting (and you can bet any agentic windows would effectively disable any workaround to cutting out that data harvesting). Wanna dd "ai" to windows? make it an app for your awful Windows store and be entirely optional. Windows has been going downhill as an OS for past decade. MS doesn't care becasue they quit being an OS company and switched to a data center while leaving the OS on back burner as a "well its there we'll at least do soemthing with it" thing. MS should be scared….Apples already putting foot into the production market & Linux already has server market & is slowly claiming the casual userbase especially as stuff like Steam OS is reducing the gaming barrier on linux. Windows will have nothing but its reputation eventually and if they keep being anti consumer & forcing stuff nobody wants into the thing? They will eventually cease. Reply
bigdragon “Windows is evolving into an agentic OS, connecting devices, cloud, and AI to unlock intelligent productivity and secure work anywhere,” Davuluri wrote on his public profile page. The only thing keeping me on Windows is gaming — that's it. This is why I'm so excited about Steam Machines and the Steam OS. All games becoming easily available outside of Windows would allow me to switch to Linux or Mac and leave Windows behind. Nearly all my friends and coworkers echo the same sentiment. Windows 11 is a pain. Microsoft does not understand consent, loves to interrupt or delay what you're doing, and keeps forcibly bundling in features nobody asked for. These Microsoft executive types are so busy trying to please investors that they've lost sight of things that actually help their users. Windows 11 is the most bloated and frustrating version of Windows so far. I can't wait to get rid of it! Reply
onigami Jabberwocky79 said: If I were to boil down the resistance (hate) into the simplest form, I'd say the problem is loss of control. So many people are feeling like they are losing autonomy in their daily lives, and AI is one of the prime culprits right now. One big corp after another keeps telling us how awesome it is and bulldozing over the fact that people don't need or want a clanker to do everything for them. It's insulting, not to mention the fact that I've yet to see an AI agent that is competent enough for me to want to trust it with all of my daily choices, including how to run my OS. "Loss of control?" Eesh, that's been happening for four, five decades now. A better phrase for it would be "loss of relevance" and "loss of meaning," which is a bigger problem for the types of people that exist in these forums. I think the reason certain groups of people are being all pissy now is that—to paraphrase that Manics song—they and their parents have tolerated the hollowing out of society for so long, now they're next. It's like the commenters on Ars Technica realizing now it's their turn to be thrown under a bus by the ruling class after cozying up to them for decades. das_stig said: 5 Windows machines in house hold left to be transitioned to Linux. 2 Dell servers to go to Proxmox and run Linux containers of similar Windows software. 2 Gaming PC's, mine will go as I know my games are compatible, sons may have stay as he is a DCS nut. 1 works laptop, can't do anything about that, yet ! and I'm betting a lot of people in similar thought, that they don't need Windows now. <<MOD EDIT: Personal attack Removed>> Like, seriously. Comments like these are why I have nothing but contempt for Linux people. Every time they talk about Linux in these contexts, there's this "sticking it to the Man" shtick that is utterly insufferable. They just look like they enjoy the smell of their own farts. It also shows how completely out of touch they are: The vast majority of people who still use a computer (which, let's be real, is dwindling) don't care about the OS they use . They just want a machine that works. They don't care if it's a Windows or Mac or Linux computer. Don't get me wrong. Windows sucks, has sucked since 3.1. But I also don't care. Lot of more important things to worry about. Feels like most people need a reality check around here. Switch all you want, but at least have the chutzpah to admit it's all about your ego. Reply
Shiznizzle das_stig said: 5 Windows machines in house hold left to be transitioned to Linux. 2 Dell servers to go to Proxmox and run Linux containers of similar Windows software. 2 Gaming PC's, mine will go as I know my games are compatible, sons may have stay as he is a DCS nut. 1 works laptop, can't do anything about that, yet ! and I'm betting a lot of people in similar thought, that they don't need Windows now. Yesterday i managed to get Steam DCS to authenticate and for the initial splash screen to show up. It wanted to load but was hanging on that. Now, i am a total noob and know nothing so for me to even get that far is quite amazing. My guess is can ditch my win 10 M2 in about a year or so since DCS will run on proton by then Reply
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