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> Microsoft can't build a consumer OS with great power-management because the kernel also needs to work on high throughput servers? Not only servers but they n
by blinkingled 13y ago
> Microsoft can't build a consumer OS with great power-management because the kernel also needs to work on high throughput servers?
Not only servers but they need the same kernel design to work well across a ton of different hardware/firmware combinations, form factors (Phone, Tablets, Laptops) and they do an OK job. But to excel they need to put in a lot more effort (working with OEMs, working with SoC makers is another challenge - everyone optimizes for Android now a days including Qualcomm and Nvidia). So yes, they can do it but it is exponentially more challenging for them due to their legacy and current market position.
- Sheepshow 13y agoFunny, the Linux kernel performs excellently on my $35, 800MHz, 400mA ARM RaspberryPi embedded machine, my x86 desktop, and some of the world's largest supercomputers with who knows what architecture. For a company with hundreds of millions to spend on R&D, you'd think Microsoft could match a bunch of hobbyists.
- blinkingled 13y agoI am as big a Linux fanboy as anyone - but Linux doesn't do power management across different set of hardware consistently and when it does it is with mediocre results. In fact you'd be hard pressed to find a PC Laptop running Linux that gives you great battery life. It's largely a miss. So performance yes, great power characteristics no - that's too hard due to sheer number of variables.