return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up1509arrow-down115
arrow-up1494arrow-down1external-linkKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square221fedilink
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 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-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-216 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.
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.