return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square257fedilinkarrow-up1541
arrow-up1541external-linkKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square257fedilink
minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoChromebooks are much more expensive than normal computers.
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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-up2·edit-22 months 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-squaregradual@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago A normal computer would cost closer to 500 Wrong.
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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