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Dell tried this with the LatitudeON feature which shipped in several variations on Latitude laptops. In their version, turning the ARM OS on automatically hibe
by pge 16y ago
Dell tried this with the LatitudeON feature which shipped in several variations on Latitude laptops. In their version, turning the ARM OS on automatically hibernated the Windows OS. In any case, for some reason, it has not caught on (Dell has also had trouble meeting shipping dates, as they are using a custom Linux distro from DeviceVM, rather than using Android). I almost bought a new Dell just for that feature, and in polling other business users whose machines had the feature in one form or another, I have yet to find someone actually using it. Poor marketing and perhaps targeted at the wrong market. One challenge is whether to power up the hard drive. If you leave it unpowered and just have the ARM and some RAM, you lose the ability to access data on the hard drive, but powering up the hard drive increases the power load materially.
- leon_ 16y ago> In any case, for some reason, it has not caught on It's Dell. How passionate are people about new features in Dell products? I don't even know who Dell's CEO is. Dell is boring office stuff. On the other hand, if Apple would have introduced such a feature we would be hearing from it on TV news. And all tech bloggers would jerk in a circle, etc.
- jawee 16y agoHint: he founded the company and named it after himself.
- RyanMcGreal 16y ago> I don't even know who Dell's CEO is. Er, Michael Dell?