Your PC World piece on AI in Windows is a classic, I could not agree more! I and most other people couldn't care less about AI, but want to use a modern streamlined version of Windows--not the jumbled mishmash of interfaces and spyware we have now. Is there hope? I'm not optimistic, sadly. Satya has played his hand and he won't course-correct.
We're living through a hype cycle where people are scrambling -- long term, I hope the features will be less scattershot, more thoughtful, and more useful. Already, it's possible to ignore many of them, and lots of them only appear on new Copilot+ PCs. It's just a shame that so much of Microsoft's energy is going into tech demo-tier features.
Love your newsletter, full of useful tips & ideas. Hope you & yours have a great weekend, wherever you are. If you're wondering about the avatar not being the dragon, I started using Substack to correspond with one of the courses I took on Coursera, Good with Words. It sort of looks like me.
Hi Chris, i just watched the latest episode of Windows Weekly and you did a terrific job. You have a way of connecting with average users like me, (as well as power users) and pointing out the good and bad of Windows.After a couple of newsletters im sold on the value of your product.
Windows 10 is at the most critical point of its life. Will the next step be 0patch (10) or FlyOOBE (11)? It most certainly won't be adding to the environmental catastrophe of millions of perfectly good PCs being dumped in landfill. Solutions are developing rapidly, especially FlyOOBE. That's worth some coverage.
Hey, I agree with you about hardware obsolescence. I personally think that, long-term, Linux and open-source software will be a great solution for these PCs. I encourage people to look beyond Windows -- Microsoft isn't going to save these PCs, but the open-source community can.
As far as this being a "hardware sales pitch" -- I understand the cynicism. I'm not happy about what the web has become, either. I personally turned down a six-figure job running a content farm for Valnet. I want to build something useful, personal, different, and fun instead. I've made real sacrifices to do that.
I'm proud of what I wrote here. If it's not for you, that's fine.
Your PC World piece on AI in Windows is a classic, I could not agree more! I and most other people couldn't care less about AI, but want to use a modern streamlined version of Windows--not the jumbled mishmash of interfaces and spyware we have now. Is there hope? I'm not optimistic, sadly. Satya has played his hand and he won't course-correct.
We're living through a hype cycle where people are scrambling -- long term, I hope the features will be less scattershot, more thoughtful, and more useful. Already, it's possible to ignore many of them, and lots of them only appear on new Copilot+ PCs. It's just a shame that so much of Microsoft's energy is going into tech demo-tier features.
Love your newsletter, full of useful tips & ideas. Hope you & yours have a great weekend, wherever you are. If you're wondering about the avatar not being the dragon, I started using Substack to correspond with one of the courses I took on Coursera, Good with Words. It sort of looks like me.
The Old Dragon
Thanks as always, Dragon! I hope you have a great weekend, yourself.
Hi Chris, i just watched the latest episode of Windows Weekly and you did a terrific job. You have a way of connecting with average users like me, (as well as power users) and pointing out the good and bad of Windows.After a couple of newsletters im sold on the value of your product.
Hey, thanks! That means a lot.
Thank you for your excellent PC World piece about Windows and AI. Reader from Germany.
Windows ReadMe? More like a hardware sales pitch.
Windows 10 is at the most critical point of its life. Will the next step be 0patch (10) or FlyOOBE (11)? It most certainly won't be adding to the environmental catastrophe of millions of perfectly good PCs being dumped in landfill. Solutions are developing rapidly, especially FlyOOBE. That's worth some coverage.
Check this out: https://windowsread.me/p/windows-10-belongs-to-us-now
Hey, I agree with you about hardware obsolescence. I personally think that, long-term, Linux and open-source software will be a great solution for these PCs. I encourage people to look beyond Windows -- Microsoft isn't going to save these PCs, but the open-source community can.
As far as this being a "hardware sales pitch" -- I understand the cynicism. I'm not happy about what the web has become, either. I personally turned down a six-figure job running a content farm for Valnet. I want to build something useful, personal, different, and fun instead. I've made real sacrifices to do that.
I'm proud of what I wrote here. If it's not for you, that's fine.