techspot Windows 12 rumored to arrive in fall 2024

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We've heard plenty of rumors about Windows 12 this year. While Microsoft has yet to officially confirm it is in the works, there have been several hints pointing to its existence. One of these came at the Build 2023 developer conference in the form of a video screenshot that referred to a "next generation" of Windows. That presumably refers to Windows 12 and hopefully not a fully cloud-based Windows 11.

Windows 12 rumored to arrive in fall 2024 with a floating taskbar and a focus on AI

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We've heard plenty of rumors about Windows 12 this year. While Microsoft has yet to officially confirm it is in the works, there have been several hints...

 

 

I'd imagine Windows 12 will still work the same way Windows does now, just with the addition of more cloud and AI stuff but I don't see Microsoft forcing anyone to use cloud based options if they don't want to. 

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I think Windows 12 will offer a Cloud access derivative for sure, but they wont move to 100% cloud computing as that would be a fantastic way to murder your market share. As you said @UltraMega, I reckon Windows 12 will have more emphasis on AI and "Intelligent Computing". What I can say almost for certain as with WIndows 11, I would imagine they will proceed to dumb down the OS further making life a nightmare for I.T admins....or anyone who wants access what I consider standard OS tools that should not be masked.

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6 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

I think Windows 12 will offer a Cloud access derivative for sure, but they wont move to 100% cloud computing as that would be a fantastic way to murder your market share. As you said @UltraMega, I reckon Windows 12 will have more emphasis on AI and "Intelligent Computing". What I can say almost for certain as with WIndows 11, I would imagine they will proceed to dumb down the OS further making life a nightmare for I.T admins....or anyone who wants access what I consider standard OS tools that should not be masked.

I could see them basically taking the OneDrive/365 approach and greatly expanding on it to include more features that would usually only be offered in the local OS. I could imagine being able to sign-in to your Microsoft account and access some kind of virtual PC from anywhere that allows you to sign in. 

I don't see them taking anything away from the local OS though, only adding more options. I think they are well aware the market would respond badly to an OS that was gimped for the sake of cloud functionality.