Netscape NavigatorMar 4

Windows 12 is due to come out this year.

1) Your computer does not meet the system requirements. Again.

Why?

Your PC will need a dedicated NPU — a specialized processor designed to handle AI tasks. So, if you recently bought a new PC just to use Windows 11, Microsoft wants you to go shopping again.

2) It will finally, unfortunately, introduce a subscription model.

That's right — you read that correctly. They want you to pay and keep paying to use the computer you just bought. Technically, you won’t own your computer while Windows is installed.

NOW is the time to try Linux. Stop waiting. Don’t make excuses. Don’t even complain — we all knew this day was coming. Either try Linux, or admit you’re Microsoft’s little bitch.

Source? Yes, this is real.

https://tech4gamers.com/windows-12-reportedly-relasing-2026-modular-ai-focused-os/

#Windows12 #Windows #Microsoft #Linux #Windows11 #Windows10

Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS

Reports suggest that Microsoft may be gearing up to launch Windows 12 this year, which will be a modular and AI-focused OS.

Tech4Gamers
Show thread13 barn owls in a trenchcoatMar 4

@NetscapeNavigator

I don't have a dog in this race (longtime Linux user, and I've given up being a tech journo) but this report felt off to me.

WindowsCentral did a bit of extra source chasing and reckons it's overblown to say the least

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/no-an-ai-focused-windows-12-is-not-coming-this-year-false-report-gets-the-facts-completely-wrong

No, an AI-focused "Windows 12" is not coming this year — here's the plan

A new report has caught the internet's attention, claiming that Windows 12 is coming this year and will be a modular, AI-powered OS. Here's why that's wrong.

Windows Central
Show threadfedithomMar 4

@HauntedOwlbear

Ah, well, then ... Windows is sure great, then.

*reads*
Wait. "... bringing back the movable taskbar" is on the 2026 roadmap for Win11??!! Right. Seems to be going great at Microslop.

@NetscapeNavigator

Show thread13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

@fedithom @NetscapeNavigator I mean, I'd not use it or advise anyone else to.

I'm just not confident in the facts cited in the piece OP linked. Not because I think MS is too good to pull that kind of stuff, though

Mar 4 at 2:59pmWeb