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Microsoft's Project Zenith ships Windows preconfigured to run 30B+ models locally and unmetered
Announced September 4 on the Windows Developer Blog, Project Zenith is a ready-to-code Windows configuration gated on developer-class hardware: 64GB+ unified memory and 250+ GB/s memory bandwidth, enough to run 30B-parameter models locally without paying per token. It preinstalls languages, runtimes and source control, pins Windows Terminal and VS Code, turns on file extensions, hidden files, full path in title bar and long-path support, and enables Command Palette while disabling Start tips and account notifications. The agent-relevant pieces are WSL containers and Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC) with OS-enforced identity for agentic apps; it lands first on AMD's Ryzen AI Halo.
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