this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2023
55 points (96.6% liked)
Hacker News
1770 readers
1 users here now
This community serves to share top posts on Hacker News with the wider fediverse.
Rules
0. Keep it legal
- Keep it civil and SFW
- Keep it safe for members of marginalised groups
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I used one for a while. Chromebooks have an expiration date on them (fuck Google and the companies that make them, they are bullshit) and they only will last that long. They are also built cheaply and most are barely sufficient to use from new.
I know why districts bought Chromebooks, but it’s the lack of foresight that brought this problem. Nobody thought about what would happen in two/three years, so now they are dealing with the consequences. It’s not like districts can buy used machines which are much better deals, but even cheap Windows laptops which aren’t much more expensive have significantly longer lifespans.