Enthusiasts of laptops have plenty to look forward to in 2025! If the trends at CES are any indication, this year is shaping up to be another stellar one for performance, aesthetics, and novelty in the laptop market. Over the past week, we’ve explored an array of topics, from a laptop sporting a rollable screen to what might be the ultimate gaming laptop. Although the designs, processors, displays, and other components differ between devices, it seems that there’s one consistent feature across all the laptops unveiled at CES 2025: they all come equipped with a dedicated Copilot key.
It appears that Microsoft is actively seeking ways to utilize the key situated next to the right-alt key on a keyboard, which used to function as the menu key. Starting from 2019, they experimented with a dedicated Office key, but it was exclusive to their own keyboards. However, the Copilot key, now found on many modern PCs, is nearly universal in its presence. This new addition of a dedicated Copilot key has been hailed by Microsoft as the “most substantial change to the Windows keyboard” in three decades.
It seems that most users found the “major modification” to be less than favorable. Almost instantly, there was a wave of criticism towards the decision to eliminate the menu key and introduce the Copilot key in its place. Due to this change, tutorials were created to help people reassign keys on Windows 11, with a particular focus on disabling the Copilot key shortcut. Later on, Microsoft began experimenting with the possibility of remapping the Copilot key to perform different functions. This feature was eventually included in a Windows update, granting users the ability to launch various applications using the Copilot key on Windows 11.
I’m not saying Copilot is unnecessary on its own. Although I believe Microsoft could develop a standalone app for Copilot rather than using a web-based version, I do find Copilot useful in certain situations. For instance, I employ Copilot to compose social media posts for my American football team, conduct research, and occasionally seek answers to random questions. One aspect of Copilot that I particularly appreciate is its ability to generate spreadsheets which can be pasted into Excel.
My point is that it seems unnecessary to reserve a specific Copilot key on a keyboard, given that users can easily access the tool using the keyboard shortcut Windows + C. If someone doesn’t prefer using Copilot, having a whole key allocated for a tool they won’t utilize feels redundant.
In my perspective, the significance I attach to the Copilot key sets it apart from Microsoft’s viewpoint, given how pivotal I believe Copilot is. Typically, there aren’t many functions that have dedicated keys on Windows PCs, especially when considering the extensive collection of shortcuts readily available at our disposal. Even fundamental actions like copying and pasting necessitate a keyboard shortcut. However, it seems questionable whether a Copilot web wrapper could be deemed more indispensable than basic functions like copy or paste. It appears that Microsoft views Copilot as crucial, but I’m not convinced the general consensus aligns with this assessment.
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