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Our commitment to Windows quality

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Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by hsbauauvhabzb »

ChicagoDave wrote: post #105

No one wants copilot. You can make it an app, but any OS level integration is a non-starter. My next laptop will be a MacBook Pro. My Surface Laptop 5 will be collecting dust in case I need it, but that’s highly unlikely.

Or onedrive integrations and constant ‘backup your computer now’ popups which are _advertisements_ for onedrive, or Netflix, Spotify, or LinkedIn pre-installed and difficult to remove, or all of the above reinstalling during windows updates.

In fact, basically any feature added since Windows 10 is probably unwanted.

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by bigyabai »

ChicagoDave wrote: post #105

No one wants copilot. You can make it an app, but any OS level integration is a non-starter. My next laptop will be a MacBook Pro. My Surface Laptop 5 will be collecting dust in case I need it, but that’s highly unlikely.

I don't think macOS will liberate you from OS-level integration with AI. If you really cannot tolerate built-in AI, Linux and the BSDs are your only choice.

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by ebb_earl_co »

nixpulvis wrote: post #109
ChicagoDave wrote: post #105

No one wants copilot. You can make it an app, but any OS level integration is a non-starter. My next laptop will be a MacBook Pro. My Surface Laptop 5 will be collecting dust in case I need it, but that’s highly unlikely.

So Apple Intelligence doesn't bother you?

Is it incontrovertibly built in to macOS? I have an iPhone and have never enabled it or Siri, so maybe there is similar off switch for macOS.

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by packetlost »

nixpulvis wrote: post #109
ChicagoDave wrote: post #105

No one wants copilot. You can make it an app, but any OS level integration is a non-starter. My next laptop will be a MacBook Pro. My Surface Laptop 5 will be collecting dust in case I need it, but that’s highly unlikely.

So Apple Intelligence doesn't bother you?

Apple Intelligence has a global off button that actually works. It's unobtrusive anyways. Copilot on the other hand...

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by pianoben »

hsbauauvhabzb wrote: post #111
ChicagoDave wrote: post #105

No one wants copilot. You can make it an app, but any OS level integration is a non-starter. My next laptop will be a MacBook Pro. My Surface Laptop 5 will be collecting dust in case I need it, but that’s highly unlikely.

Or onedrive integrations and constant ‘backup your computer now’ popups which are _advertisements_ for onedrive, or Netflix, Spotify, or LinkedIn pre-installed and difficult to remove, or all of the above reinstalling during windows updates. In fact, basically any feature added since Windows 10 is probably unwanted.

As if Apple doesn't berate you with unskippable notifications to sign up for iCloud, buy more space, etc etc?

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by goalieca »

delta_p_delta_x wrote: post #17

This is good to hear, as someone who has used basically nothing but Windows since 2000. I haven't stepped off the Windows train yet. I use Linux at arm's length for my homelab's hypervisor and at work, but my daily driver is still Windows 10. I must be the only one to write something like this on HN, but I sincerely like Windows' technical fundamentals and architecture; its design is sensible and extensible. And very…

I found the microsoft development experience to be terrible aside from win32. Yes, win32 lasts forever and outlived every attempt to replace it. There's been no end in half-baked APIs such as winforms, direct video, etc. I once had a problem where i was writing a video streaming thing that had to touch a bunch of meta-data inside a WPF program and then have it run on different versions of windows. There was no "one true way" and ended up doing it all in QT.

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by threetonesun »

nixpulvis wrote: post #109
ChicagoDave wrote: post #105

No one wants copilot. You can make it an app, but any OS level integration is a non-starter. My next laptop will be a MacBook Pro. My Surface Laptop 5 will be collecting dust in case I need it, but that’s highly unlikely.

So Apple Intelligence doesn't bother you?

Apple Intelligence is basically unseen in day to day use.

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by iknowstuff »

Oh, someone's feeling the heat of MacBook Neo and getting pressured by their hardware partners.

> More taskbar customization, including vertical and top positions:

Pfft. Still slow, react-based, and ad-riddled

> reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points, starting with apps like Snipping Tool, Photos, Widgets and Notepad.

Must have failed to meet the metrics goals

> Reducing disruption from Windows Updates

You can bet they will still flash the screen take-over riddled with all the dark patterns in the world to get you to upload all your files to their cloud "for backup"

> Faster and more dependable File Explorer [..] quicker launch experience:

Oh, the preloading of explorer into ram before it's launched? Lmao. Entirely embarassed by File Pilot https://filepilot.tech

gtfo.

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by jimbokun »

nixpulvis wrote: post #109
ChicagoDave wrote: post #105

No one wants copilot. You can make it an app, but any OS level integration is a non-starter. My next laptop will be a MacBook Pro. My Surface Laptop 5 will be collecting dust in case I need it, but that’s highly unlikely.

So Apple Intelligence doesn't bother you?

I use Macs for both work and personal use and I don't really notice Apple Intelligence.

Maybe it's doing stuff that doesn't rise to my level of attention, but it isn't actively annoying me.

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