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[–] 35 points 9 months ago (18 children)

I saw in a recent Youtube video that between web services and AI, Windows licencing is only about 10% of Microslop's business.

IDK if that number is true, but it sure would explain how much they've put into user experience. Does anyone use Windows because they like it?

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I wouldn't be surprised. Desktop revenue has been a pretty small slice for their revenue long before AI was a thing. Their main drivers were server products and O365, and now AI and Azure are also pushing a lot of revenue.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    I did back in the XP days. Long, loooong ago...

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    XP was alright, but I'm mostly just nostalgic for the aesthetic of 95/98/2000

    Vista was the reason I switched to Linux

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    Hardware was definitely the issue. What got me to first install Linux was my wireless card just randomly stopped working. People were recommending that I do a full reinstall of Vista to get internet working again. I installed Ubuntu instead and never looked back.

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