Microsoft’s Copilot+ Surface Laptop is way undercooked

Microsoft’s Copilot+ Surface Laptop is way undercooked
I was so excited to try an OS-integrated AI assistant. More fool me. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Ben Moore
Back in 2006, I was working as a sales assistant at Dick Smith Electronics during the heyday of the console wars.Microsoft’s second-ever games console, the Xbox360, was selling well, but I noticed many were also being returned as faulty.I noticed it so distinctly that I went through the sales and returns numbers, and I was pretty struck that the return rate was around 50% one month after the launch date.That’s my memory of an event from nearly 20 years ago, and memory isn’t fact, but the figure matches reports of a stunningly...

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