return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square258fedilinkarrow-up1545arrow-down117cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
arrow-up1528arrow-down1external-linkKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square258fedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 month agoThat’s not cheap. Schools can’t afford that. The kids know better.
minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month agoChromebooks are much more expensive than normal computers.
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 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.
minus-squaregradual@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month ago A normal computer would cost closer to 500 Wrong.
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoA standard issue laptop would be around 500 for mid range. Maybe prices have changed recently idk
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·1 month agoThat can be as cheap as Chromebook. Expenses at reliability are partially redeemed by no need for such complexity and computing power.
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoChromebooks that schools use don’t have any computing power to speak of. There’s none to lose
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoCompared to a machine good enough to run TIE Fighter and not more - they do. Should remove that difference.
That’s not cheap. Schools can’t afford that. The kids know better.
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
That can be as cheap as Chromebook. Expenses at reliability are partially redeemed by no need for such complexity and computing power.
Chromebooks that schools use don’t have any computing power to speak of. There’s none to lose
Compared to a machine good enough to run TIE Fighter and not more - they do. Should remove that difference.