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Windows Weekly 899: Functional But Disturbing

Published: Sept. 18, 2024, 6:50 p.m.

On this episode, Paul Thurrott gets a bit better at unmuting! Mikah is back once again while Leo is away, and Richard features a classic single malt scotch. Wave 2 of Microsoft 365 Copilot kicks off, including an agent builder! Lenovo's got an everything-in-one ThinkBook, HP's got a Ryzen AI 300-based Copilot+ PC, and Netflix has a new series with Bill Gates.

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Windows 11

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  • Microsoft comes clean on the schedule for Windows 11 version 24H2
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  • First AMD Zen 5-based Copilot+ PC in here (if here means "Paul's house")
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  • A few thoughts on where we're at with Copilot+ PCs, AI, etc
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  • Microsoft deprecates legacy DRM in Windows
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  • Google is bringing desktop windowing capabilities to Android
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Microsoft 365 + AI/Dev

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  • Microsoft announces "Copilot Wave 2" with new Agent Builder, Pages experience, more
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  • Slack: Look at me, look at me! I have agents too!!
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  • Office LTSC 2024 is now available for businesses - consumer versions in "the coming weeks"
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  • Microsoft held its security summit with CrowdStrike, etc. There were no reports of a tarp on the floor
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  • Apple releases annual upgrades for all its hardware platforms and not an iota of AI in sight
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  • This is the end of an era. An era we will think back on as "the good old days"
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  • Microsoft issues .NET 9 RC1 ahead of November release. Clear to Paul that the WPF support in this release will never be updated again, which sucks
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Hardware

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  • Intel finally has some good news: Foundry subsidiary spin-off, AWS expanded partnership, more CHIPS money
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  • Intel also has some bad news: It lost out on the PS6 contract to AMD, which made previous gen PS chips
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  • A Windows 11 2-in-1 (like Surface Book) in which the detachable display is a powerful, standalone Android tablet
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Xbox

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  • Microsoft lays off 650 more Gaming division employees
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  • Microsoft realizes that some Xbox members do have friends, is bringing back Friends Requests
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  • Microsoft concludes September with three more Game Pass titles
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  • Bonus points: How many of these are Activision Blizzard titles?
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  • Bonus tip: If you play Overwatch 2 on Xbox, there are now some bonus perks for Game Pass members: Six hero skins, 30 Mythic prisms to spend on Mythic unlocks, a stackable XP boost, and access to Overwatch 2 Shop cosmetics from prior seasons
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  • Unity: Just kidding about that runtime fee, please stop harassing us now
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Tips and Picks

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  • Tip of the week: How to spend your time and your money
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  • App pick of the week: ExplorerPatcher
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  • RunAs Radio this week: Asymmetric Encryption with Eli Holderness
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  • Brown liquor pick of the week: Talisker 10
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Hosts: Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent

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