This is because of the cold. Apple Laptops dominate because they are (were at the time, anyway), the only screens that would survive those temperatures.
Reference: I designed and led the build of the system used by the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium for managing equipment and rentals for scientists in the arctic back in the 2Ks.
One of the things I loved about Reddit was the super niche experts dropping into the comment section. I’m so glad Lemmy has this too.
Woa… I have become those whom I cherish. Haha
Wouldn’t you want something purpose built for it? Like a Panasonic Toughbook or an Intel 10850k?
You’d think, but the macs held up great, and were easier to replace as they were often rented so needed to be sourced regularly.
Strange because that’s where penguins live.
You’d think with all those penguins…
The one place where MacBooks having terrible cooling is a feature.
Macbooks would not survive the antarctic outdoors…
Me either
Must be a design flaw, maybe you should try a refund.
I keep messaging the devs but no response.
Wise Mac users move to Antarctica to prolong the life of the badly cooled devices.
Scientists using macs connecting to servers and other machines running Linux.
Unknown share is high too; Linux usage on desktop in Antarctica could be as high as 15%.
Year of the Antarctic Linux desktop is here
Are theses scientists working on bringing back a dinosaur? 🦖🦕. It might be a movie 🍿.
I read the title and was like that can’t be right. I know that the South Pole base runs a data center so I’ve always just assumed that ran Linux. Then I looked at the graph and realized it’s desktop usage and it makes sense now.
Maybe it’s not about the scientists but about the tourists. What kind of people go on vacations in Antarctica?
Tourism visitor numbers in Antarctica have risen to over 100,000 a year
With all those tourists… let me guess: Antarctica is facing problems with trash scattered all around?
You mean apple products?
Well, they are half-eaten on the back, so checks out.
comeon .4%!! YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP
what those penguins doin n osx
I’m guessing their scientific software needs that system we shall not name…
Bsd?
Hurd?
Always name and shame
I do wonder. I know of the opposite problem in other spheres (some areas in physics), where it is hard to run scientific programs under Windows, and some people resort to WSL, but many also just run Linux on the metal.
EDIT: With Mac, I do not know.
What’s wrong with these Antarctiti…a…n…s, ahm… Antartcti…n…s…
Anyway, what’s wrong with them?
Apple products have really great temp resistance
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Wierd, given all the penguins are there
Penguins are OS traitors.
The Russian spy penguins all run their own homebrew OS developed by Putin himself.
I know right?, even though I post this as a joke but I’m genuinely surprised