Who gives a shit what you want? If Linux was as much of a supported platform as Windows is, Linux's market share would be much closer in parity to Windows.
Last I looked, Linux desktop market share was less than Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 had significantly more users than Linux on the desktop (yes, I'm ignoring Android).
A Windows 10 computer does not become more vulnerable (in any real way) the day after MS drops support than it was the day before they dropped support of Windows 10.
Well, the suggestion IS dual-boot, so there's that...
Also, installing Windows 11 is literally no harder than installing any popular distribution of Linux - hav you ever installed Windows 11? Watched someone do it? It's literally the same as Ubuntu, except Ubuntu wants you to consider some more sophisticated drive partioning (but it is optional) and offers to download 3rd-party proprietary drivers
So a person that is running a ten year-old computer should just partition their drive, install a new OS and learn Linux? That's your answer?
While they're at it, why not re-arrange they keys on their keyboard to be Dvorak layout, since, as we all know, the the QWERTY keyboard was designed to intentionally slow-down typists, Dvorak was designed to increase typing speed.
You're acting like a suitable replacement PC for most users isn't available off Amazon for about $100-200 and fits in an overcoat pocket.
I love how people are acting surprised when this was announced FOUR YEARS AGO FFS...
The issue is TPM 2.0, a hardware device and a security issue.
There is the CPU, the Chipset, and the features the manufacturer builds into the computer - it isn't "just" the CPU, the chipset supporting the CPU needs to be capable of supporting TPM 2.0 AND the MFG needs to have implemented TPM 2.0 in the chipset.
But, the loss in range of an ICE vehicle is much easier to overcome than with an EV. I can't strap a 15 KW battery to the luggage rack on my EV incase I get stuck somewhere without a charge, and this may surprise you, but gasoline stations are much more plentiful than EV charging stations, esp in "developing countries", the apparent context for this article.
Lots of people don't have the luxury of owning extra cars.
Uh, re-read the summary, it clearly talks about poor farmers with an EV and an alternate vehicle.
For a "poor person" to have an EV they must be rich enough to either have reliable electricity to their home or in their village (for public charging).
Presumably now that manufacturers have been embarrassed with national news of EVs needing to be towed away because they refused to charge in the cold there will be changes to better account for this.
The issue is cheap Chinese EVs, not the typical major auto maker EVs.
Presumably for most EVs all that is needed is a software update.
You can't "software update" a battery heater if the MFG didn't include one, and if the MFG did include one, why wouldn't they use it?
The issue is cheap Chinese EVs lacking a market-specific feature (battery warmer in cold climates)...
Haven't you heard? The electric school bus manufacturer went out of business and districts are trying to sell off their EV School Buses?
The technology is there yet - I'm certain it will be some day, but not today (and the issue isn't battery temperature)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ev-...
And apparently the buses burst into flames
Cheap cars sold to poor people in cold-climate "developing" countries, you know,
Step back and look at what you're arguing about.
An on-call worker that needs to drive somewhere to do their work - these aren't First Responders, these are support workers. If their employer lets them respond from home after-hours, the additional 5-10 minutes to warm the battery is a non-issue.
If they need to leave within seconds of getting the call (why I have no idea) then they could simply keep their car in a garage, protected from the weather extremes.
My mother had a friend in Pittsburgh, PA whose husband was a doctor that made house calls at all hours of the night. As you may know, Pittsburgh is a hilly area and it snows in winter. He had a heated driveway so that he could respond to house calls at anytime without worry about snowfall.
If your job has extreme response requirements, you build your life to meet those needs - it's nothing new.
Then thank God farmers don't have courtyards.
Wow, can't tell if you are ignorant or just trying to be funny...
"These features are standard in Norway's mature market, but remain absent from basic models exported to developing countries."
How many "developing countries" experience "freezing weather"?
I bought an EV here in a "developed" country, and it came with a battery heater by default, I had no choice (not that I wanted one, just saying).
The issue is poor people, in poor countries buying cheap EVs, but because they live so close to the equator, this isn't really an issue.
Just a great big dallop of hyperbole so someone on the EV periphery can see their name in print.
Please, tell me about the "developing countries" that own snow plows to clear their roads...
Maybe some places do this already but my idea is just charge $15-25 for a ticket but popcorn and soda is free, those things are cheap as shit instead of the decades old snack subsidy model. At least the price is predictable and fixed and I think families would feel less ripped off about it.
You realize movie tickets are already $15-25/person, right?
You realize the bulk of the ticket revenue (80%+) goes to the movie distributor, right?
You realize the only money the theaters make is from popcorn & soda, right?
When movie tickets were $10-15 your idea makes sense, now...
Hunting?
Marksmanship?
Interchangeable parts won't.
