return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square245linkfedilinkarrow-up1530arrow-down117cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
arrow-up1513arrow-down1external-linkKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square245linkfedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·22 hours agoChromebooks are much more expensive than normal computers.
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·20 hours agoA Chromebook for school kids costs around $200 when I was in school 5 years ago… A normal computer would cost closer to 500
minus-squaregradual@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·23 minutes ago A normal computer would cost closer to 500 Wrong.
minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-218 hours agoChromebooks are cheap compared to average laptop but still expensive compared to identical laptops with same components. So I should have said overcharged instead of expensive. 2GB ram chromebooks you can find on ebay are an exception as they are not getting any more updates soon.
Chromebooks are much more expensive than normal computers.
A Chromebook for school kids costs around $200 when I was in school 5 years ago… A normal computer would cost closer to 500
Wrong.
Chromebooks are cheap compared to average laptop but still expensive compared to identical laptops with same components.
So I should have said overcharged instead of expensive.
2GB ram chromebooks you can find on ebay are an exception as they are not getting any more updates soon.