@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 days agoKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square260fedilinkarrow-up1542
arrow-up1542external-linkKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.com@return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 days agomessage-square260fedilink
minus-square@ILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 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@gradual@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 days ago A normal computer would cost closer to 500 Wrong.
minus-square@ILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agoA standard issue laptop would be around 500 for mid range. Maybe prices have changed recently idk
minus-square@Jankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-24 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.
A Chromebook for school kids costs around $200 when I was in school 5 years ago… A normal computer would cost closer to 500
Wrong.
A standard issue laptop would be around 500 for mid range. Maybe prices have changed recently idk
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.