▲ 134 ▼ “Absurd”: Google, Amazon rebuked over unsupported Chromebooks still for sale (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 years ago by soyagi@yiffit.net to c/technology@lemmy.world 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments Archived version: https://archive.ph/vNSJa
[–] kitonthenet@kbin.social 27 points 3 years ago (2 children) 5 years is such an extremely short lifecycle for a laptop permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lasagna@programming.dev 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just a reflection of our wasteful culture. If it was up to the likes of Google, Samsung, etc. we'd all be buying new tech annually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Precisely! As long as consumers continue to play their game, they’ll keep upping the ante. My main computers are 8+ years old running Linux and performing astoundingly well. Unfortunately, 90% of the time a typical non-savvy consumer buys a new machine it’s for all the wrong reasons and they really don’t have to. They just don’t know better. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Given the condition of my kids’ Chromebooks, that lifecycle is just right, plus Chromebooks were a fantastic investment. I did spend over $400 for “nice” (but not high end) Chromebooks, so they were lightweight, excellent battery, durable, and good performance. After 4-5 years, performance and battery are still good for a full school day, but they’re all dinged up, bent and mangled. They’ve been dropped, kicked, stuffed into things, had various liquids spilled into them, etc. they e done well to survive a hard life, but it’s time. I could have gotten cheap Windows laptops for a similar price, that would not have done nearly as well, by every measure. What a waste that would have been permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nudl@lemm.ee 7 points 3 years ago I think they mean the software support lifecycle from the time of release, not how long the physical hardware lasts. I also have relatively positive experiences with Chromebooks but also you can buy a Dell Latitude used on ebay and get the same experience. My $200 shop laptop from 2015 (Latitude 7450) which I only stuck an SSD into is going strong despite being kicked, stepped on, dropped, having oil and acetone spilled on it, melted a bit, and subject to other such garage abuse. (Though it is on its 3rd $15 keyboard) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago TFA discussed how these unsupported Chromebooks are still for sale on major retail sites like Amazon and Walmart. I think you missed the point of the article. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lasagna@programming.dev 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Just a reflection of our wasteful culture. If it was up to the likes of Google, Samsung, etc. we'd all be buying new tech annually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Precisely! As long as consumers continue to play their game, they’ll keep upping the ante. My main computers are 8+ years old running Linux and performing astoundingly well. Unfortunately, 90% of the time a typical non-savvy consumer buys a new machine it’s for all the wrong reasons and they really don’t have to. They just don’t know better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Precisely! As long as consumers continue to play their game, they’ll keep upping the ante. My main computers are 8+ years old running Linux and performing astoundingly well. Unfortunately, 90% of the time a typical non-savvy consumer buys a new machine it’s for all the wrong reasons and they really don’t have to. They just don’t know better. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Given the condition of my kids’ Chromebooks, that lifecycle is just right, plus Chromebooks were a fantastic investment. I did spend over $400 for “nice” (but not high end) Chromebooks, so they were lightweight, excellent battery, durable, and good performance. After 4-5 years, performance and battery are still good for a full school day, but they’re all dinged up, bent and mangled. They’ve been dropped, kicked, stuffed into things, had various liquids spilled into them, etc. they e done well to survive a hard life, but it’s time. I could have gotten cheap Windows laptops for a similar price, that would not have done nearly as well, by every measure. What a waste that would have been permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nudl@lemm.ee 7 points 3 years ago I think they mean the software support lifecycle from the time of release, not how long the physical hardware lasts. I also have relatively positive experiences with Chromebooks but also you can buy a Dell Latitude used on ebay and get the same experience. My $200 shop laptop from 2015 (Latitude 7450) which I only stuck an SSD into is going strong despite being kicked, stepped on, dropped, having oil and acetone spilled on it, melted a bit, and subject to other such garage abuse. (Though it is on its 3rd $15 keyboard) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago TFA discussed how these unsupported Chromebooks are still for sale on major retail sites like Amazon and Walmart. I think you missed the point of the article. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nudl@lemm.ee 7 points 3 years ago I think they mean the software support lifecycle from the time of release, not how long the physical hardware lasts. I also have relatively positive experiences with Chromebooks but also you can buy a Dell Latitude used on ebay and get the same experience. My $200 shop laptop from 2015 (Latitude 7450) which I only stuck an SSD into is going strong despite being kicked, stepped on, dropped, having oil and acetone spilled on it, melted a bit, and subject to other such garage abuse. (Though it is on its 3rd $15 keyboard) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago TFA discussed how these unsupported Chromebooks are still for sale on major retail sites like Amazon and Walmart. I think you missed the point of the article. permalink fedilink source parent