Wednesday, December 6th 2023
Set Your Calendars: Windows 12 is Coming in June 2024 with Arm Support and AI Features
Microsoft is preparing a big update for its Windows operating system. Currently at version 11, the company is gearing up for the launch of Windows 12, which is supposed to bring a monumental shift in the tectonic plates of the regular PC user experience. Enhanced by AI, the Windows 12 OS should utilize many features like generative AI, large language models, some GPT integration, and many other tools that could benefit AI, like photo editors. The confirmation for the Windows 12 launch coming in 2024 is sourced from the Taiwanese Commercial Times, which analyzed comments from Barry Lam, the founder and chairman of PC contract manufacturer Quanta, and Junsheng (Jason) Chen, the chairman and chief executive of Acer.
Both of them underscored the importance of AI and that AI PCs are coming with the next version of Windows. Supposedly, the launch date for Windows 12 is set for June 2024. In that timeframe, hardware vendors should roll out their SoCs embedding AI processing elements at every silicon block. Qualcomm is set to debut its Snapdragon Elite X SoCs in mid-2024, aligning with the alleged release schedule of Windows 12. With more players like NVIDIA, AMD, and others planning to utilize an Arm instruction set for their next-generation PC chips, we expect to see Windows 12 get full-fledged support for Arm ISA and treat it like a first-class citizen in the OS.
Sources:
Commercial Times (Taiwanese), PC World
Both of them underscored the importance of AI and that AI PCs are coming with the next version of Windows. Supposedly, the launch date for Windows 12 is set for June 2024. In that timeframe, hardware vendors should roll out their SoCs embedding AI processing elements at every silicon block. Qualcomm is set to debut its Snapdragon Elite X SoCs in mid-2024, aligning with the alleged release schedule of Windows 12. With more players like NVIDIA, AMD, and others planning to utilize an Arm instruction set for their next-generation PC chips, we expect to see Windows 12 get full-fledged support for Arm ISA and treat it like a first-class citizen in the OS.
163 Comments on Set Your Calendars: Windows 12 is Coming in June 2024 with Arm Support and AI Features
And for the iPhone comparison, by that standard zen 4 is basically the same as zen 2.
Just breath, don't let anger get the better from you
You can call me a cynic but like many of us, I've been watching Microsoft's misguided direction and litany of false promises for over 25 years now; The sheer mass of empirical data to back us up is getting so large that it's threatening to become a gravitational singularity.
Until the games I play and apps i use NO LONGER work on win10, then i'll stop using it, and judging by how most games only recently removed win 7 support.... i have win10 for more than 10 years.
After that if win12/14 does not have the same UI and exact functionality as win10, i'll stop using a computer, period.
I never said YOU should switch. Or even that I for sure will. Just that will evaluate doing so seriously should push come to shove.
Reducing or even taking away control over things was another nail in that coffin for me (Forced updates that broke alot of shit and caused havoc too) and that's not all but fact is I don't have much use for it these days anyway.
The biggest "Grip" MS has right now I'm aware of is in gaming, unfortunately Linux isn't supported like MS is and there are more than just a few distro variants out there which I'd have to think would be a headache to get them all working properly with all games anyway.
TPM is another thing I hate and believe it or not, some Linux distros are doing it too (TPM) and it sounds (To me) like an idea MS came up with in the first place.
I've always said what sounds like a good idea today is tomorrow's option, the day after it's the standard and the day after that it's mandatory.
That's why with all the crap MS has been slinging to force users to what THEY want them to use, I've left them and I'm not going back - I'll go "Dark" to the web before I do.
Windows update renames every installed printer HP LaserJet Ultra M106, changes icons, and forces install of HP Smart app
www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/windows-update-renames-every-installed-printer-hp-laserjet-ultra-m106-changes-icons-and-forces-install-of-hp-smart-appRealistically, there's a 3-6 month period between W12 launching and W10 going EOL, so most people have time to decide if they want to skip 11 entirely or avoid 12 until Microsoft make it less bad, depending on what state W12 launches in. Let's face it, Windows 11 was a bit of a disaster at launch - it took until the October 2022 patch to make it a valid successor to 10 (1 year after launch and almost 18 months after first public preview buids).
W11 with updates buggy things all the time they already want to create another OS, instead of simply updating and continuing working on W11, and most people still prefer to continue with the stable W10. Now I'm starting to understand people who are angry with the company and want to use Linux, what a shame it's not viable. :banghead:
When Windows XP gave way to Windows Vista, the latter was unified in theme and style, and the same happened when Windows 8/8.1/10 came. I just don't understand why Windows 11's got buttons that launches Windows 10 menu... Totally pointless. I mean sure Windows 11 does have improvements, but I suppose that a major reason it came into being was to apply to Intel Alder Lake. idk man maybe a scheduler plug-in could solve it but maybe it needed a new OS.
tldr, Windows 11 seems to me an incomplete version. I hope Windows 12 would be revolutionary like its successful, well-received and beloved predecessors.
you install for example mint or even stuff like arch with KDE, land on the desktop and open discover, type in whatever you need and install it.
and if it's not available there (mullvad VPN is one that comes in my mind) you go to the website, download the file and install like on windows.
you have the option to use the command line. you basically never have to except if you want to do something very specific that is beyond normal usage.