

Thanks! That’s all great information.
I’d bet there are a bunch of college students involved in the implementation, too. I don’t see ongoing maintenance taking much more manpower than MS; we certainly had dedicated teams for it at my last company, so maybe that will be a budgetary wash, and what they save will be the probably significant licensing.
No, I didn’t. I don’t use Pis, I have ODroids. Heck, they may sell batteries for ODroids, too.
For me, it wouldn’t have made much difference because I have UPSes around the house serving things like routers, modems, and switches. And I do care about size and energy use. I’m only saying there are advantages to using laptops.
You can get little integrated LCD cases for Pis too, can’t you? And maybe even a little fold-out keyboard. Congratulations! You’ve re-invented the laptop!