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Jacob Fox

Microsoft might actually make Windows 11 good as the company promises to roll back AI features and improve performance

Windows 11 Update and Shutdown dialogue.

Occasionally, there's some Windows news that gives a little glimmer of hope for the operating system. A recent statement from Microsoft, however, does not mark such an occasion—not because it's bad, but rather because, for a change, it offers far better than a mere glimmer. This is Microsoft actually promising to deliver on all the main bases that we've been asking for over the last few years.

The blog post, written by Microsoft's Windows president Pavan Davuluri, kicks it off with exactly the right tone: "I want to speak to you directly, as an engineer who has spent his career building technology that people depend on every day." And then an admission that people "want [Windows 11] to be better."

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