Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its shoddy AI products

Re:Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its s... by Spivak on Monday December 08, 2025 @12:22PM (#46194963)

I will say that with enough group policy and sysinternals turning absolutely everything off, turning all of the settings to maximum performance lowest flashiness, no web results, killing Cortana with reckless abandon my Windows installation is actually what I would consider to be snappy. I was surprised.

It doesn't make it any better that Microsoft does this, but as a piece of practical advice, it seems like it can be done. There does still exist a core of Windows under all that garbage that is fast.

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Re:Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its s... by samrus on Monday December 08, 2025 @12:39PM (#46195213)

All that tinkering is getting you dangerously close to daily driving linux. And the advantage there is that the maker isnt actively trying to get in your way

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Re:Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its s... by spaniard89277 on Monday December 08, 2025 @01:17PM (#46195705)

I've got two laptop in my new job. They sent me a windows one, when I asked for a linux one. Had to set up the laptop to begin working.

Honestly, I had to do a lot of workarounds to get comfy. There's annoying stuff I cannot uninstall.

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