• Soapbox@lemmy.zip
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    10 hours ago

    I by no means want to defend Microsoft. But I’m pretty sure that was said by an overzealous marketing person who didn’t understand correctly, and this was corrected by Microsoft soon after.

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      6 hours ago

      Maybe they should have listened to him instead of correcting him.

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      8 hours ago

      I think they really meant it at the time - but needed Windows 11 in order to really shove AI down people’s throats.

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        4 hours ago

        Windows 11 came out before AI.

        They are using Windows 11 to push TPU to control what you will be allowed to install in the future, and also to push hardware sales. It demands you buy a new laptop despite your perfectly functioning one.

        We’ve hit the point where PCs aren’t getting that much faster, and so people aren’t upgrading as much. This makes a few powerful people very upset.