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Laptop lovers have a lot to be excited about in 2025.
As far as I can tell, every laptop announced at CES 2025 features a dedicated Copilot key.
You can now set the Copilot key to launch other apps on Windows 11.
Microsoft seems determined to find a use for the key next to right-alt on a keyboard.
It appears general users did not view the “significant change” as a positive one.
Immediately, people criticized the decision to take away the menu key and replace it with a Copilot key.
You can now set the Copilot key to launch other apps on Windows 11.
After some time, Microsoft started testing the option to remap the Copilot key to perform other shortcuts.
I’m not arguing that Copilot is a waste of space in isolation.
One of my favorite Copilot features is that it can create spreadsheets I can paste into Excel.
What I am arguing is that having a dedicated Copilot key on a keyboard is a waste of space.
Some of the most common actions, like copy and paste, require a keyboard shortcut.
Is a Copilot web wrapper truly more essential than copy or paste?
It appears Microsoft thinks so, but I doubt many agree.
