MicrosoftHoly AI, Batman.
It really isn't hard to understand the meaning of H1 and H2, and it certainly didn't require some massive AI "State of Union" response.
Some people really love to moan. Yawn.
It is not a comprehension problem — it’s a governance and lifecycle problem.
If you manage one PC, sure, this is a non‑issue.
If you manage fleets, procurement rules, Intune filters, Autopatch rings, MSP baselines, or compliance reporting, version naming absolutely matters.
Calling that out isn’t “moaning” — it’s pointing out an avoidable enterprise issue created entirely by naming, not technology.
Let me give you a glaringly obvious reason as to why your initial AI (and it was AI, you didn't write that; hold your hand up and be honest) response is, in fact, a comprehension problem.
Anyone with any knowledge of Enterprise IT will tell you straight; any silicon that walks through the door, that's not intended for development or a specific singular use-case, will be wiped. De Facto. This is not an option. This happens everywhere, in every enterprise and all the larger MSP's. Doesn't matter what the silicon ships with from the vendor; if it's going on the desktop, it gets wiped.
SME's? Not so much. But they don't really care about MS's Windows 11 naming conventions. And the smaller MSP's that support them, also don't care about windows 11 naming conventions, either. Although it is that space (the SME and smaller MSP arena) that is most likely to agree with what your AI initially said. As they're the one's that will have to firefight this, as it's their users that will probably moan the most.
But your AI response reads like it's pointing at the enterprise arena - Two different spaces. And two vastly different ways of thinking.
Governance & Lifecycle IS important to the enterprise, that's a fact. But again MS Naming Conventions are not important, as they're just another line in the CMDB. Therefore, unless it's a development or specialised use-case machine, (And they're always handled differently, by their very nature) these machines are not an issue for governance.
In practice, it's easy. These (ARM Silicon, Win 11) machines will connect to WSUS, InTune, Azure, or what-have-you? Which will require a minor reconfiguration to the update servers to support them. Make sure it went through a CAB Change, create a new procedure, drop it on the Sharepoint Server, and off you go.
Comprehension problem.
I understand what you're saying but Windows version naming has always been a goat rodeo. And ARM64 having special releases isn't new. Only ARM64 devices had access to 24H2, if I recall correctly. Also, chill on the AI.
