I bought a copilot laptop recently, its just a regular laptop. The only difference is it has a copilot key on it. Microsoft is terrible at marketing, among many other things.
I also just got one, don’t know what was installed on it before as I immediately installed Linux, but I now use that key to toggle fullscreen mode on virtual box. I have to use some Microsoft applications for work so I have a windows VM. If they didn’t shove all this A”I” stuff down your throat and take away your control over your device so that they can spy on you then I’d probably still be using Windows for everything.
If it wasn’t there you’d use a different key combo. It was created for marketing. It’s purpose was to launch the Windows start menu. In 40 years everyone will think the Copilot key is useful because they use combos like you use the Windows key. But it’s actually there to keep everyone thinking of Copilot forever, even if you use Linux.
No, that’s the Alt key. Windows had Mac equivalents using the Alt key. When the Win key was introduced, every key combo had an Alt key equivalent because not everyone had a keyboard with the Win Key.
I bought a copilot laptop recently, its just a regular laptop. The only difference is it has a copilot key on it. Microsoft is terrible at marketing, among many other things.
I also just got one, don’t know what was installed on it before as I immediately installed Linux, but I now use that key to toggle fullscreen mode on virtual box. I have to use some Microsoft applications for work so I have a windows VM. If they didn’t shove all this A”I” stuff down your throat and take away your control over your device so that they can spy on you then I’d probably still be using Windows for everything.
The useless Windows key has been free advertising on every keyboard made for the past 30 years.
The windows key isnt useless? I use it all the time for keyboard shortcuts.
If it wasn’t there you’d use a different key combo. It was created for marketing. It’s purpose was to launch the Windows start menu. In 40 years everyone will think the Copilot key is useful because they use combos like you use the Windows key. But it’s actually there to keep everyone thinking of Copilot forever, even if you use Linux.
The windows key was copying the cmd button from apple. And the cmd key was a copy of the super key from unix systems.
So, sure its marketing to slap the windows logo on it…
No, that’s the Alt key. Windows had Mac equivalents using the Alt key. When the Win key was introduced, every key combo had an Alt key equivalent because not everyone had a keyboard with the Win Key.
Mac ‘alt’ key is the Option key.
The alt key functions similar to the ‘Meta’ key from unix systems.
I bought an Asus zephyr laptop recently. Then I installed fedora on it.
Can you rebind it to something useful? Like opening Firefox