return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square256fedilinkarrow-up1537arrow-down117cross-posted to: arstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up1520arrow-down1external-linkKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square256fedilinkcross-posted to: arstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 day agoChromebooks are much more expensive than normal computers.
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day 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-down2·14 hours ago A normal computer would cost closer to 500 Wrong.
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·58 minutes agoA standard issue laptop would be around 500 for mid range. Maybe prices have changed recently idk
minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 day 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.
A standard issue laptop would be around 500 for mid range. Maybe prices have changed recently idk
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.