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Microsoft wants devs to build Electron AI apps on Windows 11, says no need of native code, despite RAM concerns (www.windowslatest.com)
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Electron apps are ruining the Windows 11 experience, and even the JavaScript creator has warned against ‘rushed web UX over native,’ but it doesn’t look like that will change Microsoft’s plans. In a post on X and other places, Microsoft reaffirmed its commitment to AI in Windows 11 and encouraged Electron developers to consider using AI in their apps.

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[–] mrnobody@reddthat.com 7 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

You mean when care was taken while coding and an OS could "run on 1GB but suffice with 2GB? I know everyone hated Win 8 but it was a welcomed change plus no bullshit on it at the time.

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

I wouldn't call Win 8 welcome, most people rather hated it. Then again, following Windows 7, which I the best of the bunch, couldn't have been easy. MS just bet that the future of Windows was tablets and the world replied "lol no".

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Real men remember when windows vista launched like shit because it assumed there were way more brand new high memory machines out there than there actually was

[–] mrnobody@reddthat.com 2 points 11 hours ago

It was also a mess as there was a lot of confusion around "64-bit" and "32-bit" systems that even most retailers weren't sure how to describe. Dude it was entertaining talking to best buy his who weren't even sure how to explain it all and the compatibility issues.

I didn't like Vista myself, but 8 seemed to be modernized enough and get away from Aero icons and glassy things.

[–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 4 points 15 hours ago

Can thank Intel for that, they pressured MS to lower the documented requirements so they could sell more low-end hardware.

Of course, MS executives also gladly went along with it, not like they're innocent in any way.

Also Nvidia and their drivers caused issues, as usual.

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Vista is the reason I started using Linux.

[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Unix was the reason I started using Linux.

[–] HyperfocusSurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 13 hours ago

Yeah, 8.1 took like 800 megs ootb, while 10 wanted about 3 gigs to itself (not sure about earlier versions, tho; mb enshitification happened gradually)

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago

Since the mid 2000s desktop OSs haven‘t done anything fundamentally new until AI integration. Hardware accelerated compositing was the last big step. That was done with a couple of MBs on the graphics chip and less than 1 GB of RAM.