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Windows and Linux on the Same Laptop? You Bettcha!

Posted by rsmiller on · 6 comments
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The EE Times reports this week that Dell has released a hybrid laptop running both Linux and Windows clearly aimed at business travellers. Linux for quick tasks and Windows for more intensive ones, but will such a machine really fly in the business world?

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Comments (6)

gus3 ·
Quoting:Linux for quick tasks and Windows for more intensive ones...
But on a lower-resource system, the OS with lower requirements will leave more resources free for more demanding tasks.

Just another bone-headed clueless corporate marketing decision.
techiem2 ·
Yeah...I've always viewed dual booting as Linux for everything except a couple games that won't run in wine and the occasional stupid educational site I have to use that won't work in Firefox in Linux....

It'll be interesting to see how their odd implementation turns out...if it happens.
tuxchick ·
It's like wearing a raincoat to go swimming.
theboomboomcars ·
Quoting:It's like wearing a raincoat to go swimming.


But what if it rains?
ColonelPanik ·
Take your Winders computer swimming!
theboomboomcars ·
My little brother gave out Amiga a bath, in the bath tub, and after he got it all clean every thing still worked fine. It was an Amiga 500 where the computer and keyboard were all in one unit.

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