Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994::Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.

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    10 months ago

    I will not buy any computer with that. The windows icon is one thing but that is over the fucking line.

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    10 months ago

    Put some dang standard labels on the function keys.

    F1 = Help

    F2 = Rename

    F3 = Search

    F4 = Close

    F5 = Refresh

    F6-F10 = Decorative

    F11 = Full screen

    F12 = Goto definition

  • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    I’m already not using 30% of my keyboard’s keys so it’d only be one more😅

    Anyway, I don’t plan on using anything windows related for the rest of my life except in a VM.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    10 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The exact positioning, and the key being replaced, may vary depending on the size and layout of the keyboard.

    If nothing else, this new key is a sign of how much Microsoft wants people to use Copilot and its other generative AI products.

    Plenty of past company initiatives—Bing, Edge, Cortana, and the Microsoft Store, to name a few—never managed to become baked into the hardware like this.

    If Copilot fizzles or is deemphasized the way Cortana was, the Copilot key could become a way to quickly date a Windows PC from the mid-2020s, the way that changes to the Windows logo date keyboards from earlier eras.

    Chipmakers like Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm are all building neural processing units (NPUs) into their latest silicon, and we’ll likely see more updates for Windows apps and features that can take advantage of this new on-device processing capability.

    Microsoft says the Copilot key will debut in some PCs that will be announced at the Consumer Electronics Show this month.


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