Microsoft’s best and worst of 2024, not surprisingly, centered around AI. When Microsoft was trying to force Copilot upon us, it didn’t go so well. But when it used AI to enhance what was already working, the results were much more successful.
For the last few years (2021, 2022, and 2023) we’ve recapped what I call Microsoft’s wins, fails, and WTF moments: Microsoft’s highs, lows, and the moments where you wondered what in the world that this company was up to.
We’re not going to try and piece together the company’s enterprise strategy (Azure and Copilot, basically). Instead, we’re sticking to the fun stuff: Surface, Game Pass, and the madness that is Microsoft’s AI. If you’re upset, write us a nasty email and then use Copilot to rewrite it in a “professional” tone. We’ll get to it…sometime.
When I reviewed the Microsoft Surface Pro 11th Editionthis past June, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon …