return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square252fedilinkarrow-up1534arrow-down116
arrow-up1518arrow-down1external-linkKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square252fedilink
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 day agoThat’s not cheap. Schools can’t afford that. The kids know better.
minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 day agoChromebooks are much more expensive than normal computers.
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·23 hours 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-squaregradual@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours ago A normal computer would cost closer to 500 Wrong.
minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-221 hours 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-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·1 day 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-up2·23 hours agoChromebooks that schools use don’t have any computing power to speak of. There’s none to lose
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours 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
Wrong.
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.
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.