Comment on Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994
Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 8 months agoYou don’t, anymore than you need the Windows key. MS just wants accessing AI on their platform to be quick and ubiquitous. This is their solution.
pipows@lemmy.today 8 months ago
But who is this for? New laptops?
Apple has a closed system, so they can use whatever layout they want, but how can Microsoft require that manufacturers will implement this key?
I know that it happened before with the Win key, but I’m too young to know the details of how that became the norm.
Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 8 months ago
It’s a standard that Microsoft maintains. Like, “This is what keyboards for our platform should look like.” The only real place this gets enforced is laptops and maybe keyboards bundled with towers running Windows. It’s part of the requirements to get the little Windows sticker on your product and allows you to market the hardware with the OS. Beyond that, other manufacturers will usually implement the standard just to be on the same page.