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Sympthsical

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13. Just bought a new PC

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 12:34 PM

Jan 8

I have zero idea what an "AI PC" actually does. Reading the article didn't provide any illumination on it either. Optimized for AI tasks? Hokay . . .

I just checked and, yes, apparently my PC does have an NPU. Huh. Had no idea. I bought this thing for gaming purposes. The NPU wasn't a selling point. Not sure the place I bought it from even mentioned it (nor would I care if they had). The only time I've used Copilot in the past year was to format some notes.

I'm straining to understand why the average PC user would go looking for an NPU and pay extra for it. Outside of a marketing gimmick.

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Dell admits consumers don't care about AI PCs [View all] dalton99a Jan 8 OP

dell has shitty computers anyway. Every person I know with a dell niyad Jan 8 #1

We have dells. Never had issues with them. mwmisses4289 Jan 8 #4

Perhaps my friends were just unlucky enough to get some badly niyad Jan 8 #11

As Someone Who's Been In IT for Almost 30 Years;... ruet Jan 8 #6

Tell that to my friends with problems with their dells. And I am free to object niyad Jan 8 #9

Let Me Guess. They Bought $399 Dell PCs from Best Buy. ruet Jan 8 #10

No, actually two bought them directly from dell, and paid wayyy too much niyad Jan 8 #12

My statement about various machines may be "anecdotal" mwmisses4289 Jan 8 #14

I Think You Might Have Replied to the Wrong Person. ruet Jan 8 #15

Yes, but the HP 6P laser printer was a jewel!! (1990s) flor-de-jasmim Jan 8 #7

"AI PC" doesn't really mean anything Renew Deal Jan 8 #2

WHAT ?! They don't want to burn down the Amazon rain forest to render "cats with machine guns" videos !?!?! GreatGazoo Jan 8 #3

Duh. Thankfully the risks and liabilities of AI have been exposed. Raven123 Jan 8 #5

Nor AI phones, AI search engines, etc. It's a gimmick and it gives garbage results. kysrsoze Jan 8 #8

Just bought a new PC Sympthsical Jan 8 #13