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WW 943: Five Paperclips - Looking back at 10 Years of Windows 10


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Ten years ago yesterday, Microsoft released Windows 10, fixing the issues with Windows 8.x and giving Windows 7 users a solid upgrade. One historical curiosity: It was the first Windows release without a major launch event. In other news, Microsoft publishes a Nadella email to the troops about the layoffs, but he never really addresses the layoffs.

Windows 10 turns 10

  • The Bad: Its legacy is mixed, as this is when the enshittification of Windows began, really
  • Windows as a Service
  • Ads, crapware, and telemetry — plus some made-up privacy issues
  • Terry Myerson gaff about one billion users
  • Universal apps/One Windows was a bust, with Windows Phone and HoloLens failures
  • Windows 10's launch was a missed opportunity to make the Store matter
  • The Good: Windows Subsystem for Linux was huge
  • WinGet was also huge, but is underappreciated and underutilized to this day
  • It did reverse the mistakes of Windows 8, and in time it got more stable as Microsoft figured out WaaS (and then went on to abuse it)
  • Oh, and the Windows 10 Field Guide is free to celebrate the anniversary
  • Windows 11

    • Microsoft is using Rust for Surface drivers, and it wants all Windows drivers to switch to Rust too
    • The Link to Windows app is getting a nice upgrade on Android
    • Dev (25H2) and Beta (24H2): Settings agent for x86, SCOOBE changes, Click to Do improvements, Windows Search improvements
    • Canary: Just a couple of bug fixes (Actually, two builds, one today also with no features)
    • Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, and Media Encoder are Now Native on Windows 11 on Arm in beta
    • Opera files antitrust case against Microsoft in Brazil for Windows 11/Edge behaviors
    • Another app blocking Recall in a slow-drop of negative Recall-related AI privacy news for Microsoft.
    • Rant: More importantly, Recall is boring and not useful given the hype around it.
    • Intel earnings are flat, but more layoffs are on the way
    • Lenovo rollable laptop in action! (ThinkBook Plus Gen 6)
    • Lenovo makes a lot of weird laptops now (like the dual-screen Yoga Book 9i Paul reviewed last year) — apparently they didn't get the message after Microsoft cancelled the Surface Neo and Windows 10X.
    • Does the average modern Windows laptop really need a touchscreen? Is this a relic of the Windows 8 era?
    • AI & Microsoft 365

      • Perplexity Comet is real and it shows the way forward for AI web browsers
      • Coincidentally, Microsoft suddenly launches Copilot mode for Microsoft Edge. (But I've played with Copilot Mode, and it's no Comet or Dia.)
      • Copilot is getting real-time expressions. It's the return of Clippy!
      • Microsoft's long-term Copilot plans are a lot wilder than you might expect
      • Google earned $96.4 billion in one quarter. This shows that it has not been impacted by other AIs yet
      • Xbox & gaming

        • Xbox is coming to Gamerscom in Germany in August, and it's bringing the ROG Xbox Ally handhelds
        • The July Xbox Update is here and it's all about the PC
        • Paul reviewed the Lenovo Legion Go S, and the Windows experience was so bad. Also, PC OEMs are having trouble competing with the Steam Deck's pricing on gaming handhelds.
        • Tips & picks

          • Tips of the week: Chris and Paul are partnering on his new newsletter
          • App pick of the week: Perplexity Pro
          • Beer pick of the week: Alesong Rhino Suit
          • These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/943

            Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott

            Guest: Chris Hoffman

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