AI was supposed to sell PCs. Instead, PC shipments just crashed 20% as AI eats the world’s RAM, and Windows 11’s Copilot agents aren’t convincing buyers

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https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/10/11/ai-was-supposed-to-sell-pcs-instead-pc-shipments-just-crashed-20-as-ai-eats-the-worlds-ram-and-windows-11s-copilot-agents-arent-convincing-buyers/

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It won't matter when devices are just dumb terminal clients with an omnipresent internet connection. You aren't supposed to do anything locally anyway, all the processing will be moved to the cloud.

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More and more people are building their own self hosted AI box.