Microsoft’s new Nvidia PCs are cool for extreme power users – but I’ll wait for AI PC 3.0 - ZDNET
Microsoft and Nvidia have launched a new high-end PC platform aimed at AI developers, though the author questions its value for the average consumer. The piece critiques Microsoft's shifting strategy in the AI PC market following previous privacy concerns.
Why it matters
The shift toward local AI hardware reflects a broader industry trend of moving intensive computing tasks from the cloud to personal devices.
Has Microsoft given up on its Copilot+ PC for the mass market? After this week's launch of powerful new Nvidia-based machines for AI developers, that's the obvious conclusion.
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Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways Microsoft and Nvidia launched a new PC platform this week. Those AI-focused machines are powerful but expensive. They also highlight the weaknesses in the Copilot+ PC brand. Microsoft just rebooted its entire AI PC effort.
If you watched this week’s announcement of the next generation of Windows laptops powered by the Nvidia RTX Spark , it’s hard to come to any other conclusion.
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