Subj : Worlds biggest PC vendor takes first step that could establish An
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Date : Thu Oct 12 2023 21:45:04

Worlds biggest PC vendor takes first step that could establish Android as 
Windows biggest rival ever  and eliminate Google ChromeOS at the same time

Date:
Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:32:46 +0000

Description:
Lenovo will soon begin to distribute devices powered by the Esper Foundation 
OS.

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Lenovo has the green light to see a portfolio of new enterprise-focused 
devices powered by Esper Foundation  a custom Android operating system  and 
bundled with a complementary mobile device management (MDM) platform . 

The firms first device running Esper Foundation is the Lenovo ThinkCentre 
M70a, an all-in-one desktop PC fitted with an up to 12th-Gen Intel Core i9 
CPU, alongside 16GB DDR4 RAM and up to 512GB SSD. Itll be followed by the 
Lenovo ThinkCentre M70q, M90n-1 IoT, and the ThinkEdge SE30 v2 machines by 
the end of 2023. 

Esper Foundation is based on Android 11 and has customizable branding, 
peripheral compatibility, quarterly security patches, and three years of 
support. The MDM system, meanwhile, remotely deploys, manages, and updates 
devices from a single view. What does this mean for Windows  and ChromeOS? 

By integrating a custom version of Android in its PCs, Lenovo is banking on 
the Esper Foundation OS appealing to businesses as an alternative to Windows, 
as well as Googles own ChromeOS. 

 Research from 451 showed theres growing interest in running Android not just 
on mobile devices, on those powered by x86 CPUs, with nearly nine in ten 
surveyed suggesting as much. But, they recognized there was very little 
support for such a platform. 

This collaboration is another step forward in Lenovos drive to meet changing 
customer demand across retail, hospitality, healthcare, and other industries, 
said Johanny Payero, Lenovos director of global advanced solutions marketing 
and strategy 

Dedicated devices are proliferating across several key industries, and our 
new joint solution with Esper allows us to deliver the best of Android with 
the consistency and predictability of Lenovos x86 devices. 

With platforms like Espers, there may well be a means to find a rival to 
compete with Windows in the enterprise, particularly in highly niche 
industries such as the retail, hospitality, and healthcare industries  at 
which Esper Foundation is directed. 

Googles Android may well also serve to undermine its ChromeOS operating 
system, should it take off. Lenovo still distributes ChromeOS-powered laptops 
and 2-in-1s, meaning it may just well be hedging its bets. Should it prove 
successful, though, manufacturers like Dell and HP  which dont have 
Chromebooks  may well seek to forge their own agreements with Esper or 
platforms like it, meaning the ChromeOS market share becomes increasingly 
squeezed out with time. More from TechRadar Pro We've taken a look at the 
best MDM solutions around These are the best all-in-one PCs on the market 
right now Looking for a Chromebook? We've rounded up the best ChromeOS devices



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