Are Copilot+ PCs really the fastest Windows PCs? X and Copilot don't think so

Opinion Microsoft's recent post on X that Copilot+ PCs are "the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever" is being rebuffed by the platform's context panel and the software vendor's own chatbot.

The terse response to Microsoft's November post on Elon Musk's social media mouthpiece begins: "These are not the fastest Windows PCs."

Indeed, they are not. The Reg said as much in September after Microsoft boss Satya Nadella waxed lyrical about the devices, boasting they had "the best specs" on "all the benchmarks."

Sorry, Satya. While Microsoft might be getting increasingly desperate for customers to buy into its AI vision for the future, the current reality is that those Snapdragon-powered machines are far from the fastest Windows PCs ever. Certainly not for every workload.

We asked Microsoft if it would consider modifying its message a little – because Copilot+ PCs are of course good for some things. Recall, for example, was recently released for Windows Insiders. However, "the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever" has been disproven repeatedly.

The company has yet to respond.

Microsoft has form when it comes to making inflated claims. In May, its AI supremo, Mustafa Suleyman, stated, "Microsoft changed computing history by inventing a new category: the Personal Computer or PC."

Except it didn't. AI is well known for occasionally hallucinating or spewing nonsense, so could these emissions have been produced by generative AI rather than the actual executives and marketers themselves?

We asked Microsoft's own AI chatbot, Copilot, if Copilot+ PCs are the fastest Windows PCs. It responded, "Copilot+ PCs are marketed as powerful and compact computers, but they aren't necessarily the fastest Windows PCs available," and noted that, in raw performance terms, they didn't match high-end Intel or AMD-based kit.

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And as for Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI boss, did Microsoft invent the PC?

"No, Microsoft did not invent the personal computer (PC). The concept of the PC evolved over time, with contributions from many companies and individuals."

After giving a potted history of the PC, with contributions from IBM, Apple, and Microsoft, Copilot concluded: "Does that help clarify things?"

Only Suleyman, Microsoft's AI boss, can answer that.

While care needs to be taken with the output of any AI, in this instance, it seems more care must be exercised by Microsoft's marketing teams and its executives. ®