@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 9 days agoKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square260fedilinkarrow-up1544arrow-down117
arrow-up1527arrow-down1external-linkKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 9 days agomessage-square260fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•9 days agoThat’s not cheap. Schools can’t afford that. The kids know better.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•8 days agoChromebooks are much more expensive than normal computers.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-28 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•7 days ago A normal computer would cost closer to 500 Wrong.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 days agoA standard issue laptop would be around 500 for mid range. Maybe prices have changed recently idk
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-3•8 days agoThat can be as cheap as Chromebook. Expenses at reliability are partially redeemed by no need for such complexity and computing power.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 days agoChromebooks that schools use don’t have any computing power to speak of. There’s none to lose
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 days agoCompared to a machine good enough to run TIE Fighter and not more - they do. Should remove that difference.
That’s not cheap. Schools can’t afford that. The kids know better.
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
That can be as cheap as Chromebook. Expenses at reliability are partially redeemed by no need for such complexity and computing power.
Chromebooks that schools use don’t have any computing power to speak of. There’s none to lose
Compared to a machine good enough to run TIE Fighter and not more - they do. Should remove that difference.