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
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
I wonder how realistic that is; almost all of the science people I’ve met run Linux
what do you think the 17% unknown is?
TempleOS
The long nights demand the holy light of TempleOS
BSD/very outdated Linux kernel? XD
Whatever OS the space monsters living under the ice cap use
Linux is the only interplanetary OS.
Wise Mac users move to Antarctica to prolong the life of the badly cooled devices.
Strange because that’s where penguins live.
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.
Apple devices make sense - how else are you going to deal with the overheating problems?
So this is why the globe is warming
Macintosh heat sinking into ice-caps.
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.
You’d think with all those penguins…
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
Maybe they disable tracking because Internet is a premium up there?
Where do you live that Antarctica is “up”?
Because earth is round, technically Antarctica is above every countries on the planet if you go the long way
The South being down is a convention, Antarctica is actually sideways from you if you live on the equator