Technology

Not sure why everyone is so upset. This is nothing new. Has been happening for years with phones and tablets. They get at least 5 years of updates, which I think is pretty good. My kids have had the same CBs at their schools for 6 years and still going strong. Some of my laptops don't last that long.

I have preordered a framework laptop which will run Linux until it fucking blows up or falls apart.

Enough with being screwed over by well known brands whose interest is just selling you more and more stuff.

The service life of the devices was known up-front. You can check for yourself the service life dates of every Chrome OS machine here:

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366?hl=en

The correct deployment strategy would be to make a big purchase at the front end of a device's lifecycle and then only replacements from then on out so that you get the most out of every machine. Future capital purchases would be with a new device and termination date.

Good, maybe that will get them to stop using Chrome OS in schools, it has been a disaster for computer literacy in general.

These things are such junk - even when new they were so slow and bloated that they couldn't load my kid's schoolwork half the time. I had to make sure he had an alternate laptop for use so he wouldn't fall behind. I felt really bad for the school district, it was clear they were being ripped off, and that most of the machines were going to be in a landfill within 3 years time.

Anyone got a non-paywalled version of the article?

Hey Mike Judge should make a movie about this

ok I'll bite, can't they reinstall the chromebooks with linux instead?

My 15 years old Linux laptop can still do everything (except gaming new titles)