This is so ridiculous, I can’t wait for this trend to pass.
me too but i reckon its gunna take some self-owns before anyone is willing to openly admit they were wrong and dismantle their snake oil prompts
Microsoft's new era of AI PCs will need a Copilot key, says Intel
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Re: Microsoft's new era of AI PCs will need a Copilot key, says Intel
#22The Windows key is a recent addition to the PC keyboard layouts: there are many Model M keyboards with Windows-key-sized gaps in their lower rows. I'll be interested to see how the mechanical keyboard community reacts to this once these keyboards are ubiquitous. The Signature Plastics keycaps on my keyboard have the legend SYSTEM on the Windows key (or Super key, since I don't use Windows): how will this evolve?
> Windows key is a recent addition
Looks like it was introduced in 1994; unix epoch starts @ 1 January 1970; so we've had a Windows key for ~55% of the existence of standard epoch time.
The Model M was introduced ~1984; so Windows key has been around for ~75% of it's lifespan.
Re: Microsoft's new era of AI PCs will need a Copilot key, says Intel
#23I honestly pray for the day PC gaming works 99% on Linux. I hate Windows 11, it prompts me every 3 days to setup my Microsoft account and then every update it reinstalls OneDrive and the list of bull shit it included by default is over 300 items long. Thankfully the Steam deck seems to have accelerated progress in this regard, but its still a long way to go, specifically multiplayer shooters.
Maybe we are already 97% or something. I don't have games left anymore which I want to play and don't work in Linux. But of course, very limited perspective. Anti-cheat engines are the biggest problems still, while EAC and BattleEye are natively supported already.
Re: Microsoft's new era of AI PCs will need a Copilot key, says Intel
#24“Copilot key” refers to a physical key on a keyboard. Not some sort of product key burned into the CPU or a licensing dongle. That later was what I initially thought based on the title.
Unrelated but it's interesting how english uses the same word to refer to what in spanish could be "clave", "llave" and "tecla" all vastly distinct specialisations of a "key".
Re: Microsoft's new era of AI PCs will need a Copilot key, says Intel
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Re: Microsoft's new era of AI PCs will need a Copilot key, says Intel
#26It feels like AI in an OS is going to be the next Internet Explorer. MS are going to bundle their version with special hooks and integrations and it's going to be impossible to completely remove or replace theirs with any other models and/or they will suffer from an inferior experience. All while I'm not even sure I want this future they're trying to sell me.
Cortana was pretty much already that though! It had mercifully mostly been removed, but I guess it’s time for round 2.
Re: Microsoft's new era of AI PCs will need a Copilot key, says Intel
#27I honestly pray for the day PC gaming works 99% on Linux. I hate Windows 11, it prompts me every 3 days to setup my Microsoft account and then every update it reinstalls OneDrive and the list of bull shit it included by default is over 300 items long. Thankfully the Steam deck seems to have accelerated progress in this regard, but its still a long way to go, specifically multiplayer shooters.
I think we’re at 90% right now.
I’ve been gaming on Linux (both retro and new games) for the past 3 or 4 years and the vast majority run with either no or minimal, identical config.
Re: Microsoft's new era of AI PCs will need a Copilot key, says Intel
#28Really? PC users need a fully-dedicated physical key for more AI bullshit because it wouldn't be enough to just macro it with WIN+ or key-chord it? It would be detrimental to PC users' lives if they had to put slightly more effort to activate some gimmick AI feature?
Imagine if a physical key dedicated to bringing up Clippy was added.
Re: Microsoft's new era of AI PCs will need a Copilot key, says Intel
#29The Windows key is a recent addition to the PC keyboard layouts: there are many Model M keyboards with Windows-key-sized gaps in their lower rows. I'll be interested to see how the mechanical keyboard community reacts to this once these keyboards are ubiquitous. The Signature Plastics keycaps on my keyboard have the legend SYSTEM on the Windows key (or Super key, since I don't use Windows): how will this evolve?
I was going to say, I don't even have a windows key yet.
Re: Microsoft's new era of AI PCs will need a Copilot key, says Intel
#30This is so ridiculous, I can’t wait for this trend to pass.
"The internet is a fad".
Odd seeing sentiments like that here, always really amusing the extreme irony.