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The term AI laptop is rather loosely defined, often implying the inclusion of a processor equipped with a machine processing unit (MPU), notably in Apple devices. This MPU enhances certain lightweight AI tasks more efficiently than standard CPUs or GPUs. Meanwhile, Microsoft has been touting products branded as co-pilot plus PCs, promising various AI capabilities, but many Windows laptops lack the requisite performance to support these claims fully.
Compounding the confusion, Microsoft features multiple co-pilot models, such as the one leveraging Open AI models, which anyone with a device running the latest Windows can access, rendering the need for a specialized AI laptop less urgent.