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Re:‘Fix My Computer’ Cry Echos on Social Media; Air Force CI... by praash on Friday January 28, 2022 @12:41PM (#30117865)
Yes, they're running Windows, and Windows is also software, contributing to the bloat. My point is that the resource overhead of just running an idle OS doesn't need to be humongous compared to the actual workload.
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Re:‘Fix My Computer’ Cry Echos on Social Media; Air Force CI... by thinkmassive on Friday January 28, 2022 @01:22PM (#30118426)
Seriously, they could be running on thin clients like a chromebook. No need to give everyone top-end machines to run MS Office and some webapps. It's mind boggling this is even a debate on HN.
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Re:‘Fix My Computer’ Cry Echos on Social Media; Air Force CI... by kevin_thibedeau on Friday January 28, 2022 @04:03PM (#30120326)
But then they wouldn't be able to install the corporate spyware that keeps the evil hackers away.
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