return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down16
arrow-up1259arrow-down1external-linkKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoChromebooks are much more expensive than normal computers.
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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-21 month 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
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.