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Not my downvote, but you surely wouldn't be able to operate most of the scientific equipment in most laboratories without Windows and PC's of some vintage or an
by fuzzfactor 10mo ago
Not my downvote, but you surely wouldn't be able to operate most of the scientific equipment in most laboratories without Windows and PC's of some vintage or another.
- GaryBluto 10mo agoIf you're using Windows in a laboratory you'd be buying the Enterprise versions.
- fuzzfactor 10mo agoExactly, and the further tweaking has been getting so bad it might as well be Linux :\ Another way of looking at it is that Windows XP is the enterprise version for many well-built pieces of expensive equipment which normally outlast PC electronics 5 to 1. Or asking "What distro of Linux has an enterprise version where you can install the high-dollar setup.exe in administrator mode?" WINE won't help you now when most versions and configurations of Windows were never even supported. This is no game. Now only some of the relatively newer instruments are validated using enterprise versions, this only started with Windows 10, plus it sometimes took years while only Pro was supported before Enterprise is now an option too. Only some vendors too. Must also work totally air-gapped start-to-finish (no downloading packages) and draw from the largely Windows-familiar ranks of chemists who need to be the most efficient mouse operators, so they have more time to accomplish their natural scientific duties which can be confusing enough.
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