Could be a very decent laptop if it runs Linux. But why pay Microsoft for an OS you're not going to use?
I hope System76 has ARMs up their sleeve.
Introducing Copilot+ PCs
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#562Billions of dollars to cram "AI" down our throats, but they can't be bothered to get Excel back up to the level of quality and performance it had 20 years ago.
In retaliation for this comment, Excel glitched out and deleted fifteen minutes' worth of carefully-formatted graphs when I tried to save.
Just can imagine the feeling...
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#563Being the designated "tech" person for my extended family and friends circle, I don't think I could recommend this to any of them because of the privacy nightmare. At least with Apple you have a single vendor who is vertically integrated and makes a huge song and dance about data privacy. Even if you discount their PR and marketing spin, IMHO you are still miles ahead of the likes of Microsoft + (pick one) HP, Asus,…
The way Microsoft keeps pushing ads into the start menu doesn't make me incredibly trusting here, no...
It's a pity that sometimes preferences and comfort are being overlooked in favor of corporate interests(
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#564Earlier quoted context omitted.
Microsoft has tried to make a "better" search before, by redesigning the file system and the metadata that can be tied to files. The idea was that you could search this: > the phone numbers of all persons who live in Acapulco and each have more than 100 appearances in my photo collection and with whom I have had e-mail within last month They had hyped this up as coming in Project Longhorn (which was eventually split…
They should implement simple search first, so I don't need to reach grep for everything. Then they should implement pdftotext and fuzzy search. Of course everything should work instantly for small folders. That would be enough for 99% people.
A million times this. Windows search is, as near as I can tell, completely worthless and I have to install other utilities to have working basic search.
I don't need or want anything fancy like semantic searching. I just want to be able to grep and find things by filename.
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#565Hey copilot, generate name for our next hardware product that sounds similar to windows xp professional with service pack 2. Cortana: Sure thing, here you go.
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#566Earlier quoted context omitted.
Privacy oriented users are already using Linux.
I can think of exactly four non-IT people in my life who don't run Windows, all of them are family members and I personally talked them into Macs. In my social bubble, no one runs [desktop] Linux. No one knows Linux. No one cares about Linux.
Above was about people who care about privacy though. It's not that surprising, but most people don't care about it to the degree that would make them use OSes that respect it. People who actually care tend to use Linux since they have an obvious reason.
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#567Earlier quoted context omitted.
How does macOS not respect your privacy? Be specific.
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/05/17/ios-17-5-bug-wiped-devi... It is only possible for photos to resurface because they were stored in iCloud for months or maybe years essentially in spite of user intention for those photos to be deleted.
> The Reddit user who reported the issue has deleted the original post, casting significant doubt on the veracity of the claim
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#568Earlier quoted context omitted.
How does macOS not respect your privacy? Be specific.
Apple is a heavily lock-in oriented company with ulterior motives and macOS is filled with DRM to boot. That's poorly compatible with the concept or privacy by definition.
Vague claims of ulterior motives (what motives? to what end?) and DRM (what drm?)
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#569Earlier quoted context omitted.
Anyone remember Google Desktop? Did the job perfectly 20 years ago.
RIP Google Desktop, 2004-2011
Losing Google Wave, then Google Desktop search and then Google Reader like shot ducks in a row truly signified the death-knell of "Don't Be Evil" days.
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#570Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple is a heavily lock-in oriented company with ulterior motives and macOS is filled with DRM to boot. That's poorly compatible with the concept or privacy by definition.
Vague claims of ulterior motives (what motives? to what end?) and DRM (what drm?)
Well, if you don't get how DRM is incompatible with privacy, it's not going to be a productive discussion.