It it too bad that nobody at Lenovo has heard of Linux, many distributions of which are capable of running more efficiently and powerfully than Android, not to mention the improved driver support for this type of hardware or the vast selection of stable, feature-rich software.

Never mind, I forgot that there are only two reasons to embrace “technology” these days: brand and price.  Yay Android!  Why have something good when you can have something bad that you think is good?

well aftermath they needed something capable enough for basic tasks while increasing battery life. I think android is a good alternate.

The problem with Linux is it’s a desktop OS, which conflicts with the main point for them adding a secondary OS just to provide something for basic use and for boosting run time when running Windows isn’t needed.

Really, the point isn’t to add another desktop OS when there already is one.

We can also add that all previous attempts at using Linux for this purpose has pretty much failed because companies have never been good at implementing Linux as a secondary solution and the gains on run time have been minimal. While Android should provide more noticeable boost to run time and the companies don’t have to do as much to provide support for it.

Also people tend to install their own favorite distro anyway.  So not much point for many of these companies to install Linux unless that’s going to be the primary OS instead of Windows.

Remember also Android is becoming a lot less fragmented with ICS and Google is finally optimizing for x86 hardware. Along with more people that are also already familiar with Android makes the learning curve much less than most Linux distros.

There are also secondary factors like Intel is investing in technology that will allow instant switching between Windows and Android, along with other improvements in next gen Intel hardware that Android is better optimized for than any desktop OS is right now.  So goes with the emphasis on providing longer run times that’s the main goal.