return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square260fedilinkarrow-up1541arrow-down117cross-posted to: arstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up1524arrow-down1external-linkKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square260fedilinkcross-posted to: arstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·4 days agoChromebooks are much more expensive than normal computers.
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days 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-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-23 days 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.
minus-squaregradual@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·3 days ago A normal computer would cost closer to 500 Wrong.
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoA standard issue laptop would be around 500 for mid range. Maybe prices have changed recently idk
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
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.
Wrong.
A standard issue laptop would be around 500 for mid range. Maybe prices have changed recently idk