• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    If it wasn’t there you’d use a different key combo. It was created for marketing. It’s purpose was to launch the Windows start menu. In 40 years everyone will think the Copilot key is useful because they use combos like you use the Windows key. But it’s actually there to keep everyone thinking of Copilot forever, even if you use Linux.

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      6 days ago

      The windows key was copying the cmd button from apple. And the cmd key was a copy of the super key from unix systems.

      So, sure its marketing to slap the windows logo on it…

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        5 days ago

        No, that’s the Alt key. Windows had Mac equivalents using the Alt key. When the Win key was introduced, every key combo had an Alt key equivalent because not everyone had a keyboard with the Win Key.

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          5 days ago

          Mac ‘alt’ key is the Option key.

          The alt key functions similar to the ‘Meta’ key from unix systems.