Blog Don’t Wait for the Apps: 4 Reasons to Embrace AI PCs Now
By Norm Andersch / 6 May 2025 / Topics: Data and AI Devices Generative AI
Interest and excitement around AI technologies has created a similar pattern that’s easy to identify. When new AI functions are announced we hear all the buzz: it’s going to solve all your problems, bring your coffee in the morning and a cocktail at night. Then, when it’s available to the masses it’s a bit of a let-down: there’s some of the stuff that’s been hyped but it doesn’t work as advertised.
Similarly, this pattern has created AI fatigue in organizations. One of the unfortunate casualties of AI fatigue is the AI PC.
AI PCs were released mid-last year with limited functionality specific to the Neural Processing Unit (NPU). Concerns about privacy caused some of its more useful applications to be disabled — who remembers the PC recall rollback? As a result, many enterprises are taking a “wait and see” approach to AI PC adoption until more applications for the NPU were available along with more security and testing.
Despite the fatigue, it’s crucial that enterprises take a second look at AI PCs in their organization to get ahead of the curve as applications and functionality improve.
After a year on the market, organizations are starting to see and leverage the true benefits of AI PCs. Let’s talk through some of the benefits and reasons you should adopt AI PCs in your organization today.
1. Enhanced productivity and experience
AI PCs are packed with intelligent features that can boost productivity across various tasks. Admittedly, some features work better than others, but we’re seeing constant improvements — as quickly as IT professionals can say “it doesn’t work”, the update is released. Some examples:
Better video calls and conferencing
AI powered backgrounds with blur, noise cancellation, and eye-tracking improve virtual meetings and calls for AI PC users without bogging down CPU/GPUs. If you’re quick to judge the usefulness of these features, imagine what your teams working in open office environments would say about true noise cancellation and background blur during meetings. I can tell you from experience that the noise cancelling is impressive. No one hears the doorbell or chorus of dogs that follows on my video calls anymore — now I just look distracted for no reason.
More efficient CPU/GPU usage
NPUs take on the complex AI workloads leaving the heavy compute lifting to the CPU/GPU. No more slow-downs because of heavy workloads, plus there is improved speed-of-detection and response for security issues — great for experience, productivity, and security.
Battery life
If you haven’t heard about the great battery life of AI-powered PCs, get ready for good news. MacBooks (with the M4 chip) finally have a PC rival with achievement of up to 22 hours of battery life in some cases. Unless I’m traveling for days I don’t bother to drag along my charger anymore.
2. Future-proofing your technology infrastructure
In today’s budget-driven IT environments, sometimes a better experience isn’t enough to adopt new technology. Adopting AI PCs now is not just about the immediate benefits; it’s also a strategic move to future-proof your enterprise’s technology infrastructure. At Insight we talk to our clients a lot about reducing technical debt. Organizations should be looking at AI PCs now to understand the impact on their environment.
3. AI PCs create a competitive advantage
IT organizations should work to not only understand how to manage AI PCs in an enterprise environment but also understand how they can be used to improve solutions that your organization has in development.
For enterprises with specific AI needs, having AI PCs available in their ecosystem provides a platform for developing, testing, and deploying custom AI solutions directly on employee devices. Using the “wait and see” approach might cost your organization its competitive advantage.
Your developers need these devices now to start dreaming of the ways they will use them to improve all kinds of experiences in your business.
4. Get ahead of the AI application curve
We’re already seeing an increase in available apps that use the full capabilities of AI PCs. As developers recognize the power and efficiency of NPUs, this will only continue to increase. Do you want to be the one to tell an executive they can’t use the cool new app they saw at a conference because you haven’t tested AI PCs for your environment? Furthermore, early adoption can provide a competitive edge by enabling employees to use cutting-edge AI tools for tasks like advanced data analysis, personalized customer interactions, and more efficient software development.
What are you waiting for?
We get it. It’s taking time for AI PCs to show their true usefulness, but there are many reasons to take another look while you can still get ahead of the curve. From enhanced productivity and future-proofing to enabling custom AI solutions, enterprises that embrace this technology now can gain competitive advantage and lay a strong foundation for the AI-driven future of work. Last but certainly not least, the cost of these devices is comparable to non-AI PCs.
So really, what are you waiting for? Talk to an Insight specialist to learn about adding AI devices to your organization.
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Norm Andersch
Sr. Cybersecurity Architect, Insight
Norm Andersch is a senior cybersecurity architect with Insight modern workforce team. His focus is on creating professional and managed services specifically for security and compliance. He holds numerous Microsoft certifications for Azure security, Entra ID, and the entire suite of Microsoft Defender solutions.
