Operating Systems Windows, Linux, Android

Windows 10

Windows 10 is available since July 29th 2015. It allowed professional users to skip Windows 8 which was never used on the professional market and move from 7 to 10.

Upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 was free of charge until Julty 31rst 2016. Activity tracking is integrated in Windows 10 and follows all your activities; it can be desactivated, but it is active by default. Windows 10 upgrade cannot be desactivated UNLESS you use Windows entreprise LTSB 52015 and 2016) or LTSC (2019).

Microsoft shortened the leadtime between versions. Windows XP was available until avril 2014, i.e. 4.5 years after the release of Windows 7. This time, the EOL of Windows 7 come hardly 1.5 years after the release of Windows 10

Windows 10 IoT entreprise

Windows 10 IoT Entreprise prend en charge les applications universelles et les applications classiques Windows. Minimum configuration:  RAM 1GB, Storage 16GB

Windows IoT is the new name following "embedded" versions of Windows XP and 7

https://www.microsoft.com/fr-fr/WindowsForBusiness/windows-iot

Price depends on CPU.

Windows 7is still available after the end of sales in october 2016 and the end of Microsoft support on January 14th, 2020

WIndows 7 was released to market by Microsoft on october 22nd 2009. Tested on Akori's products, it is faster than Vista, while being more demanding that XP. Windows 7 allows professional users to skip Windows Vista and go directly from Windows XP to Windows 7.
Windows 7 needs either a hard disk drive or at least 64GB flash. windows

Linux
Linux is a mature open source operating system, alternative to Windows proprietary operating system, allowing you to control its evolution. Standard web based applications run smoothly on Linux OS, as well as the many open source software such as web browser, email, office, database.
Linux drivers are available on most AKORI products. Many AKORI's products are available with Linux.

We use  Ubuntu LTS (long term support), 18.04

Note: Light Ubuntu "LUbuntu" 18.04 LTS can run on low computing power harware

Android
Google introduced Android on Smartphones in 2005 & later on consumer Tablets; Android became an acceptable OS for professionals since version 4.0. Despite its  qualities, Android still suffers from its focus on consumer market and from too frequent versions which require software to be re-tested each time.
Android 10 was released on septembre 3rd 2019. Some recent applications available on Google PlayStore are no longer compatible on older Android versions such as 5.1 which was realeased the same year as Windows 10.
Officially, as of the beginning of 2020, version 7.0, released on aout 22nd  2016 is the oldest version supported (along with more recont ones 7.1, 8.0, 8.1 et 9.0). Older versions are not.