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Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades (www.notebookcheck.net)

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[–] Raptor_007@lemmy.world 60 points 6 hours ago

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 23 points 5 hours ago (9 children)

I guess I'm no longer ever going to play a video game that runs on Windows. At some point game developers need to realize that Linux is the future of gaming if Windows keeps pulling this shit.

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[–] forgetful_fox@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Upgrade? In this economy?!?

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 36 points 6 hours ago (8 children)

Me: Using 11 year old PC. Originally rjnning Windows 7. Now running ZorinOS.

I don't particularly like linux, but.....

looks at Windows 10...11.....now 12....

Yeah, fuck that dumpster fire.

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[–] U7826391786239@piefed.zip 30 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

However, newer processors with dedicated Neural Processing Units (NPUs) reduce strain on cloud servers and GPUs. As a result, PCWorld believes that CPUs, including Intel Core Ultra and AMD Ryzen AI chips that support 40 TOPS or more, will become mandatory

in other words, your pc will be doing ai shit for someone else's pc while you are idle

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 19 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

They couldn’t afford enough electricity to run it in-house so now they just run a mandated botnet to make you pay for it instead. If this isn’t a page out of a George Orwell novel, it should have been.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 hours ago

2026 even has newspeak in the form of bullshit like "unalive"

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 hours ago (7 children)

Lmfao Microslop stop trying to make Recall and Copilot and AI bullshittery happen. It’s not gonna happen.

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[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I'll have plenty of time to try it work, but I stop at 11 for personal use... long time coming but them putting a date on 12 means I now have my date to get off Windows altogether.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 29 points 6 hours ago

Good luck with that shit.

[–] Maiq@piefed.social 16 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

So I've got a wacky conspiracy theory about this and all the hardware shortages, ai datacenters, etc. The tech companies are trying to position themselves for "cloud only computing devices" being the only affordable option for most people. The you'll own nothing and like it model.

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[–] DigDoug@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago

'member when Windows 10 was supposed to be the final version of Windows? I 'member.

[–] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 16 points 6 hours ago

Microsoft can do whatever. I'm not coming back.

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

System76 makes nice Linux laptops.

[–] Numinous_Ylem@lemmy.world 14 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Time for Linux!

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

MS would be wild to expect people to buy a new machine before 2036. Consumer prices aren’t going to magically fall.

Either this is incorrect info, a huge flop, or MS really doesn’t care if home users switch to Linux from all the cash flowing in from businesses.

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[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Oh goodie! I mean, Windows 11 was hand-coded. Disgusting! Windows 12 will bring the vibes! It'll be the most vibe coded OS! (And probably the last when it tanks.) Think about it, AI is monitoring every action you do! Reporting to all it's masters and their business partners everything you do! Oh all the ads they'll send you, all the subscriptions they'll sell! Of course, it'll be always online else it can't fully use the datacenters.

I'm being mostly sarcastic (any "excitement" for it). I mean, it's probably going to have the worst performance since AI will be monitoring EVERYTHING and I really do expect it to be coded via prompts instead of talent. Microsoft and NVIDIA are already having massive issues with everything due to "AI" being used and they started with a working based code. 11 adoption was already bad and they made sure people knew 10 was dying so they could push the numbers... I don't recall any previous version of Windows getting that treatment.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 3 hours ago

Because the previous versions of windows were for the customer (you), and the current version of windows is for the product (also you).

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

They really want to lose users.

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