Comment on Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades

• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Right, but that’s just it, they’re basically pulling another Vista if they release Windows 12 later this year.

  It’s not clear whether Windows 12 will welcome any non-NPU processors. More likely, PCs that don’t meet its system requirements will lose some functionality.

  As the article reasonably posits, it’s way more likely that they’ll just degrade the experience for people without NPUs, which in other words means decreased performance on older hardware, a la Vista on non-compliant hardware.

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    whoof. i still don’t understand what makes an npu different from a vector coprocessor (except the proprietary api) so if they’re smart about it they’ll fall back to gpu use. they will not be smart about it.

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