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CHEAP hardware
CHEAP e-waste
My nephew's school has been using the same Chromebooks for at least the four years he's been there.
How long do you expect them to last?
@CapraObscura @ZeroHora
They'll last until either: the school stops using gsuite or some other company comes up with something even trendier to market that is cheap enough to justify a grant.
Nah ChromeOS devices have an "expiration date" after which they stop receiving updates and I suspect, stop working with their gsuite package.
@Rootiest
Huh, I am not surprised at all
Exists complains about the Chromebooks for schools, they expect to last 8 years but that count when the chromebooks is made and not when is shipped to school and sometimes the chromebook only last a couple of years. Besides that the chromebook itself is not very friendly with the repairability.