I’d rather Apple wait and get things right. Also, with all the pressure from shareholders to outperform on this AI stuff, they can’t afford to release something half-***ed.
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Microsoft Debuts New Copilot+ Windows PCs Designed Around AI
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1. Apple will have a slew of features that are similar but with fancy names
2. They will be significantly underwhelming because I believe their NPUs are not better than Qualcomm's - 38 TOPS on M4 compared to 40 to 75 TOPS on Qualcomm), All the previous models have a range of 11 TOPS to 20 TOPS. This will affect AI tasks performance on older machines significantly.
3. Microsoft made these free because they are on device. The APIs are also open to developers. So, you will have apps such as free video players taking advantage of this - Free subtitles for any video that you play (for example). Will Apple go the same route or will they make it subscription based? Will the developers of free apps be able to use them for free in their apps?
We have to wait and see.
What makes the new Surface Laptops the jankiest hardware? What does that mean?
Yep. Wait til it pops. Right now the winners are the ones selling this nonsense. The losers will be the ones thinking it’ll make them more efficient or make more profit.
Half baked experiences. Subpar service. That’s what AI can do for your company.
Will any of this be available on Windows 11 Arm running on an M series Mac in Parallels? And will it run better on a Surface with their new processors or on an M3/M4 MacBook?
Sure but iPad runs a phone OS. Cool if you want to draw or view docs. Stream a movie.
I saw that video.
What I thought was interesting - Satya wants AI on the PC! Because that's where he still has an operating system.
Apple has an incentive to go all out to make sure AI is best consumed(collaborated?) on an iOS device.
"We have a computer for people who love Windows that they can be very very proud of" doesn't exactly answer a pretty direct, softball of a question "so you feel like you've got Apple now?"
True but it's the right answer. These new PCs are really for people who love Windows.
They showed (I mean. there was no live streaming of the event, only live blogging of the event) Davinci Resolve and CapCut taking advantage of the NPU and replacing the background in the video on the fly. Zoom call having live translations and live captions in 4 languages simultaneously. The verge tells that they have a script that runs the battery life tests which they ran on both the Mac and AI PC. They have a better battery life on the Surface PCs. Will it reflect in real life? We can wait for reviews that will come in a few weeks.
Qualcomm's Pro Max equivalents will come shortly, when the Oryon V2 and V3 are released. Apple silicon gains are becoming incremental anyway.
So, hoping this will light a fire beneath Apple. Remember, more people are likely to buy a Windows laptop than an Mac because they have been using Windows anyway and have never used MacOS.
This is ARM so there will be no legacy. However, it will run legacy apps through Prism Emulator.
Is it that they underestimated the importance of it a few years ago and are playing catch up? Or (and hopefully this is not the case) that they just are behind and will fall further though? I really am hooked on my mac for work and home but some of these things other companies are putting out... it makes me feel like i'm being forced to compromise.
Or you can buy a PC that is not Copilot Plus.I just want a switch that disables all that co-pilot **** in Windows!! And stop trying to get me to use Edge for the f'n last time!!! Chrome is still better. Pains me to think Apple will be partnering with M$ and their OpenAI Sub-company most likely
I think Apple will add similar features. But the question is whether it will be behind subscription wall
I can understand your angst. The lead that you thought Apple will have for a considerable period has just evaporated. Apple is only able to get incremental improvements even though it is going from 4 nm to 2 nm. It is lagging behind in AI capabilities. So, instead of egging on Apple to improve, which is not going to happen quickly, diss the opposition. Easy Peasy
I am sure it will be there. The question is whether it will be free like MS has done or will it be a subscription service.
Why would there be a privacy issue when the entire thing is on device? Unable to comprehend.
That’s what Apple used to have a feature similar to that, you could see all the actions you did with dates, but they took it away. I think Microsoft is moving in the right direction, while Apple is still sitting on lots of tasks that we could do better, like the new iPad Pro with an M4 chip, so we have to wait for an M4 Mac Studio till end of 2025, it’s all about their profit.
You can omit specific apps or limit it to specific apps. It is not an all or nothing approach.
If Apple’s all in on AI now it can’t be something that gets updated once a year at WWDC. I don’t believe the only options are once a year or half-baked.