January 15, 2025

Windows Weekly 915: Magic Tricks for Cats

2 hours 36 minutes

The first Patch Tuesday of 2025 brings temporary but sweet relief. There were no preview updates last month, so this month is just security/bug fixes. Plus, will Microsoft back down from its Windows 10 EOL line in the sand? It appears not. Finally, got New Year's resolutions? Paul's got a better idea. Maybe...

Windows

New Canary build with nothing in it

Microsoft will not support Office on Windows 10 after October EOL date

Microsoft is auto-installing the new Outlook in Windows 10 too - Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Parallels Desktop for Mac now supports running x86 Windows VMs. Very slowly

AI, Microsoft 365

New business models for AI emerge in 2025. Pay as you go vs. pay or no pay

Microsoft has shifted its business model strategy over two years

15 months of Copilot in Windows: Madness

Microsoft announces pay-as-you-go AI agents

Google has a different (better) take with "the best of Google AI" in Workspace

What to expect: Price hikes on subscription services to pay for this AI

Massive reorg of Microsoft's engineering groups is all about AI - There are PM-level layoffs happening now all over Microsoft

OpenAI adds tasks in beta to ChatGPT

Microsoft Excel in Windows will soon support dark mode. Wait, what?

Hardware

Surface teases a big announcement on January 30

AMD surges on incredible new x86 chips and Intel's epic fail

Former Surface design lead Ralf Groene joins Panos at Amazon. Why?

Arm Holdings plans massive licensing price hikes. Everyone needs to settle the F down

There's a 16 GB Raspberry Pi 5 now. But at this price, a low-end NUC is the better choice for most

Dev

.NET 9.0.1 arrives - and with it, the fix for the app-crashing WPF/Windows 11 theming bug

Paul tried GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio. It is MAGIC

Xbox

Microsoft is clearly planning something big for gaming handhelds. Windows or Xbox? Or both?

Happy New Year, Xbox fans! Microsoft to bring more Xbox exclusives to PS, Switch

Xbox to host a Developer Direct event next week

Microsoft introduces new Xbox repair options

The Nintendo Switch 2 is leaking all over the place, and there were prototypes at CES

Tips and Picks

Tip of the week: Think about making micro changes each month or quarter instead of huge, sweeping changes once a year

App pick of the week: Start11 v2.5

RunAs Radio this week: DevOpsDocs with Mattias Karlsson

Brown liquor pick of the week: Buchanan's Deluxe 12

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

Sponsor:

cachefly.com/twit

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January 15, 2025

Windows Weekly 915: Magic Tricks for Cats

2 hours 36 minutes

Windows

New Canary build with nothing in it

Microsoft will not support Office on Windows 10 after October EOL date

Microsoft is auto-installing the new Outlook in Windows 10 too - Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Parallels Desktop for Mac now supports running x86 Windows VMs. Very slowly

AI, Microsoft 365

New business models for AI emerge in 2025. Pay as you go vs. pay or no pay

Microsoft has shifted its business model strategy over two years

15 months of Copilot in Windows: Madness

Microsoft announces pay-as-you-go AI agents

Google has a different (better) take with "the best of Google AI" in Workspace

What to expect: Price hikes on subscription services to pay for this AI

Massive reorg of Microsoft's engineering groups is all about AI - There are PM-level layoffs happening now all over Microsoft

OpenAI adds tasks in beta to ChatGPT

Microsoft Excel in Windows will soon support dark mode. Wait, what?

Hardware

Surface teases a big announcement on January 30

AMD surges on incredible new x86 chips and Intel's epic fail

Former Surface design lead Ralf Groene joins Panos at Amazon. Why?

Arm Holdings plans massive licensing price hikes. Everyone needs to settle the F down

There's a 16 GB Raspberry Pi 5 now. But at this price, a low-end NUC is the better choice for most

Dev

.NET 9.0.1 arrives - and with it, the fix for the app-crashing WPF/Windows 11 theming bug

Paul tried GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio. It is MAGIC

Xbox

Microsoft is clearly planning something big for gaming handhelds. Windows or Xbox? Or both?

Happy New Year, Xbox fans! Microsoft to bring more Xbox exclusives to PS, Switch

Xbox to host a Developer Direct event next week

Microsoft introduces new Xbox repair options

The Nintendo Switch 2 is leaking all over the place, and there were prototypes at CES

Tips and Picks

Tip of the week: Think about making micro changes each month or quarter instead of huge, sweeping changes once a year

App pick of the week: Start11 v2.5

RunAs Radio this week: DevOpsDocs with Mattias Karlsson

Brown liquor pick of the week: Buchanan's Deluxe 12

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

Sponsor:

cachefly.com/twit

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