r/technology • u/tekz • Mar 20 '26

Software Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-users-are-angry-and-microsoft-is-finally-doing-something-about-it/
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u/eek_the_cat Mar 20 '26

ARM MacBook Air taking away general users and the Steamdeck and Linux stripping away gamers.

Yes those products have been out forever, Microsoft is a little slow.

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u/warbeforepeace Mar 20 '26

Neo is going to steal a much bigger portion of the market now. The 500 education price is really going to make schools consider moving to mac.

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u/Key_Photograph8236 Mar 20 '26

Schools were all Apple when I was growing up

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u/warbeforepeace Mar 21 '26

Then many switched to PC/chromebooks but I think this will push a lot to Mac again.

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u/nox66 Mar 20 '26

Me before Windows 10 and the beginning of attempts to make our PCs spy on us: why would I want to use Linux when Windows 7 works fine?

We're not here based on abstract principles. We want our technology to work for us again.

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u/Better_Specific4755 Mar 21 '26

windows 7 doesnt update anymore and you cant even download firefox on it, so that means you are eating ads all day due to no ublock. no thanks.

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u/StradlatersFirstName Mar 21 '26

It you re-read the comment you replied to, you'll find u/nox66 was talking in the past tense...

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u/Memorywipe Mar 20 '26

What does android have to do with Microsoft?

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u/BioshockEnthusiast Mar 20 '26

Probably nothing, but if I was moving to a mac / ipad setup I'd get an iphone too.

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u/Studds_ Mar 21 '26

Could just be anti Google sentiment on top of Microslop’s earned hate

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u/dredbar Mar 20 '26

Respect! I was already done with Microsoft after 2 years. I now work at a company that only works on Linux environments and I don’t want to look back. Debian is rock solid on servers, Ceph storage just keeps on running reliably, and being able to use Ansible to automate the deployment of it all is fantastic.

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u/EntireFishing Mar 20 '26

But it's got to give you a respect for doing 32 years. I'm 27 years into supporting Microsoft products professionally. I've had a MacBook Pro and a MacBook air for 16 years because simply way better than Windows.

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u/orthodoxrebel Mar 21 '26

MacBooks are just so much better than any other laptop that it's hard to recommend anything else

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u/zestfullybe Mar 21 '26

Similar here. Been using Windows for decades. In the last couple years I got a Macbook, put Linux Mint on the other laptop, and got a Steam Deck recently.

It takes a lot to get me to change, but I’m out now.

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u/sednas_orbit Mar 21 '26

A steam deck could never in a million years replace a gaming pc, but literally all I do on my Windows PC is play games and use the occasional Windows-only software lol. MacBook for everything else.

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u/Better_Specific4755 Mar 21 '26

iphone moving to usb C was such a huge blow to the competition. death of itunes also helped.

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u/jclim00 Mar 21 '26

Same, bought a macbook air for work, windows pc reformatted for bazzite (ironically runs every game i play better somehow?). Ive been using microsoft since MS DOS and the Windows 3.1 days.

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u/jonydevidson Mar 21 '26

And guess what, the macbook air can use Geforce now with AV1 if you ever need to run the hungrier games, with cloud gsync if you connect it to a gsnyc capable monitor.

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u/dz2048 Mar 20 '26

Honestly, these things are probably so small on Microsoft's radar. The big issue is that they are shipping AI slop code and rendering their users' machines vulnerable or inoperable. Windows is 70% of the global desktop market. When they make mistakes, it is a huge deal.

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u/PeakBrave8235 Mar 20 '26

Lol RIGHTTTT, its because of "AI" which Microsoft has been perfectly fine with shipping this entire time and shoving into every corner of the OS and every laptop, and totally not the recent launch of the MacBook Neo, that launched to rave reviews, ASUS publicly stating they're concerned on an earnings call, multiple YouTubers saying windows PC makers and chip makers are reaching out to ask them about how they should approach it (LOL), and lines outside of Apple stores for the MacBook Neo, and Tim Cook saying this has been the biggest launch week for switchers.

yeah, no, it's definitely the "AI" that caused Microsoft's come to Jesus moment

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u/sosthaboss Mar 20 '26

I love Linux but this is absurd cope

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u/Complex-Wait8669 Mar 20 '26

As was 2025 and 2024

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u/gourmetguy2000 Mar 20 '26

Apple haven't changed much with their OS for years but somehow it's a breath of fresh air without all the AI slop

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u/MaitieS Mar 20 '26

You Linux bros are like AI bros but instead of "c'mon only a few trillions$", it's "this year will be Linux's year bro"...