Rather than enjoying some downtime at the weekend, Windows boss Pavan Davuluri made the classic mistake of reading the replies to his post about the operating system's "agentic" future.

"Windows is evolving into an agentic OS, connecting devices, cloud, and AI to unlock intelligent productivity and secure work anywhere," he proclaimed on November 10 .

A week and hundreds of comments later, the verdict is clear: ordinary Windows users aren't asking for AI features, they just want an OS that's actually performant, reliable, and stable.

Davuluri insisted on November 15 that Microsoft cares about this stuff. "I've read through the comments and see focus on things like reliability, performance, ease of use, and more," he said.

"We know we have work to do on the experience, both on the every

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