@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 10 days agoKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square260fedilinkarrow-up1544arrow-down117
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•9 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•8 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
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