Meatballs, Abba, and bork: 3 things Sweden is famous for
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2021/10/12/bork/
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We are delighted to see that the signage in Sweden is bang up to date in the operating system department, even if the disk capacity on offer at Arlanda Airport appears less than tippity top, judging by this submission from reader Jonathan.
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Unless this is some new American Express mock credit card number of which we aren't aware, it looks like Windows 10 is bleating about local disk space.
Microsoft's [2]minimum disk requirements for the OS call for 16GB for 32-bit versions or 20GB for the 64-bit version. Good luck with that – we'd suggest quite a bit more to make things even vaguely usable (and avoid the borkage on display at Arlanda).
And as for the 1GB of RAM (2GB for 64-bit users) – well, good luck with that too.
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Windows 11 infamously upped the ante on the hardware requirements, because Microsoft needed a lot of lipstick to cover up the worst of its occasionally porcine product. Hopefully the smart Swedes will have ensured their signage has the latest in CPU and TPM trickery in order to receive a supported Windows 11 update in the near future.
[4]Happy birthday, Microsoft Money: Here's a cashpoint calamity for Windows and .NET
[5]A most uncivil display in New York's Civil Court
[6]Confusion at Gare de Rennes as Windows shuffles off for a Gauloise
[7]Years of development, millions of lines of code, and Android can't even run a toilet
That said, Microsoft was ahead of the game in Sweden. When [8]we saw its Stockholm office in 2019 , it proudly boasted that the future would feature a great deal of remote working (there were only around 237 workstations for the company's 600 or so workers at the time). Three months later, "remote working" became a reality for many.
Sadly, however, that same forecasting ability has not been applied to the voracious disk requirements of Windows 10. To the best of our knowledge, the warning obscuring the SAS and Amex link-up is inviting the user to find out how much disk space could be saved through managed storage.
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Or perhaps to consider running something not quite so hefty as Windows 10 if all you want is a slideshow of ads? ®
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[1] https://regmedia.co.uk/2021/10/11/bork.jpg
[2] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-system-requirements-6d4e9a79-66bf-7950-467c-795cf0386715
[3] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/bootnotes&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YWWxNmKkYNuOihB8XqTqPAAAAMk&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[4] https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/08/bork/
[5] https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/06/bork/
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/04/bork/
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/29/bork/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2019/12/09/microsoft_stockholm/
[9] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/bootnotes&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44YWWxNmKkYNuOihB8XqTqPAAAAMk&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
[10] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Re: All you need is ...
Came to make the exact same point. If it's just a bunch of adverts, then a Pi can cope with that. Don't need flippin' Windows! That's like using a Claymore mine to get rid of moles...
Re: All you need is ...
SSH(*) and VNC and you're sorted
(*): with the correct precautions, else hilarity could (and probably would) ensue
Re: All you need is ...
Then you can stop wasting huge amounts of electricity running Windows PCs.
Windows isn't particularly power hungry. My mail server currently runs on a Fit-PC and it averages about 5w (barely warm to the touch). And of course there's all those laptops that can run for many hours between charges, most of them rarely consuming more than 20w and that includes their screen.
Power consumption mostly comes down to what you do with the computer and the choice of hardware components. If the computer is doing a lot of processing (unlikely in this case) power consumption will be high. If the PSU is inappropriately large power wastage will be high.
The operating system has only a minor impact most of the time.
Cost is a more reasonable differentiator and given the ubiquitous nature of Windows I can believe that an off-the-shelf Windows based advertising solution is cheaper than one based on a Raspberry PI. The latter requires specialist knowledge that carries its own premium.
This explains a lot
I only ever flew once with SAS, and my flight was delayed by four hours. My return flight was cancelled completely and they had to transfer me to another airline, which is why I only flew *once* with SAS.
Björn Bork!
Ironic image
Ironic that the advert shows someone having to walk to get where they want to go. Do not fly, do not pass go, do not collect 30,000 extra points.
3 things Sweden is famous for...
I'm not sure I know how to write in the accent of the Swedish chef, but don't forget chocolate moose...
First you get de chocolate, and then you get de Moose... then you put de chocolate on de Moose...
All you need is ...
... a Raspberry Pi, kiosk software and Wordpress with the Foyer plugin. Then you can stop wasting huge amounts of electricity running Windows PCs.