Those Custom OSes that hardware manufacturers like to use are almost always rebranded and slightly modified versions of existing distros. I wouldn't be surprised at all if their Linux distro is just Debian with their logo image bundled in. Maybe a few tweaks to make it a little more battery efficient, which it's going to need if they want to get 8 hours of runtime on a 48WH battery and a Core i7.

The Intel 5200 Pro graphics are the biggest drawback to using this thing as a gaming laptop.

Surprisingly, selecting an empty bay actually increases the cost of the laptop.

Those repressive governments consider it to be suspicious as well. Go figure.

Wait till your corporations trade secrets are leaked because the FBI's collector was insecure.

Oh they care alright. That data is gold to marketing folks.

Schools heavily discourage parents from dropping kids off because it jams up the traffic in front of the school. Worse, the school busses will end up in those traffic jams at the end of their routes.

This is about interchangeable lens cameras (DSLR), not the consumer POS market that has been all but killed by the rapidly improving cameras on smartphones.

The batteries on the probe are almost certainly frozen and useless by now. Plus, the mission control for that project packed up their equipment and moved on years ago.

I think the problem is that it's written in .NET and has to fire up the whole .NET environment, just like how a Java app has to fire up the JVM to start, which puts a (rather large) lower bound on the amount of resources an application needs.

Yeah, that's some straight up sloppy coding. Then again, this comes from the company who's simple storefront and game launcher app still manages to require 100MB of heap and takes several seconds to start on a fast and powerful modern machine with a SSD.

Yes, but I guarantee that it is expected that the parent will escort their children to school and back. They aren't expected to make the walk alone.

We didn't replace it, we augmented it. Basically Helicopter parents were annoyed that other parents weren't like them, so they started calling the cops.

Even if you don't want to be a helicopter parent, you're kind of screwed in that regard because helicopter parents make the rules. Oh no, a kid fell off the swing and broke his arm. I guess no swings for anybody now, our precious special snowflakes might get injured.

Or you get this exchange.
"I saw your kid climbing a tree! Don't you know how dangerous that is?!?"
Of course because Mrs. Busybody go so freaked out about it and yelled at him, now my kid is scared of trees. Kids pick up on adult anxieties.

Two children were kidnapped off of the street 3 years ago "by strangers" and suddenly I'm living in a warzone. IIRC it turned out to be a divorce dispute once the facts came out. Now parents have to be at the bus stop with their kids or they call CPS on you. You can't have just one parent watching all of the kids either, each kid has to have their own parent there.