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Rugged Atom netbook chosen for 5-week North Pole expedition
- hollerith 15y ago>What makes less sense is the choice of a fully-featured Windows 7 Ultimate OS. Surely loading it with a minimal version of Linux and only the software they needed would have helped squeeze more out of the battery? But then maybe Windows is required to run the software they need for the scientific experiments. Or they are used to Windows, and learning enough Linux to be able to handle any software contingency that might occur on the trip would be an unnecessary distraction from their careers. I don't get some authors. How do they not notice that it is time consuming to get up to speed with a new OS? EDIT. Oh, now I get it: the purpose of the quote is to signal allegiance to the tribe or rally the troops. DISCLAIMER: GNU/Linux user since 1992.