unix_joe@lemmy.sdf.orgM to Sustainable Tech @lemmy.sdf.org · 1 year ago[ExtremeTech] - Thousands of Chromebooks Are ‘Expiring,’ Forcing Schools to Toss Them Outwww.extremetech.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down13
arrow-up182arrow-down1external-link[ExtremeTech] - Thousands of Chromebooks Are ‘Expiring,’ Forcing Schools to Toss Them Outwww.extremetech.comunix_joe@lemmy.sdf.orgM to Sustainable Tech @lemmy.sdf.org · 1 year agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareSaneless@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI want to get my kid a new Chromebook, but the naming convention is super fucked I have no idea if one I’m looking at is the same as the one I bought, 1 year newer, last year, even older, who the fuck knows 2 core CPU before, 4 slower cores, 4 faster cores of a different architecture/company… Why can’t it just be like anything else. Thinkpad 420. Next year, 430. Next year, 440. Cool, but Chromebooks are a pain in the ass
I want to get my kid a new Chromebook, but the naming convention is super fucked
I have no idea if one I’m looking at is the same as the one I bought, 1 year newer, last year, even older, who the fuck knows
2 core CPU before, 4 slower cores, 4 faster cores of a different architecture/company…
Why can’t it just be like anything else. Thinkpad 420. Next year, 430. Next year, 440. Cool, but Chromebooks are a pain in the ass