• chunes@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    I wish we lived in a world where they’re doing it because they don’t want locked-down toys issued by an evil corporation. But of course that’s not the reason.

    P.S. proprietary software should be illegal in education. Full stop.

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      6 hours ago

      I suppose the question would be the alternative.

      Note the devices actively discouraging offline save is a huge asset to schools, since kids screw up a lot, forget their devices and need loaners to get through a day and such. Extra bonus if the device can’t be too fun, to avoid them being overly used at home and get broken more.So Chromebook is desirable because they suck so much.

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        I was thinking of buying a Chromebook for travelling cause it’s cheap. I was very close to buying one, but someone told me about the world of used ThinkPads. I ended up buying a used ThinkPad with an AMD R7 4750U and I am so glad I did. It can run literally every game I want lol

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          It depends on your use case. A same cost Chromebook would be much lighter, faster with the things it can do, and over ten hour battery life. As always, a lot depends on cost: a school districts bulk $50 buy will always be horrible but you can get a much nicer “high end” Chromebook for a couple hundred

          I don’t game much and considered a Chromebook for basic travel use, but went with a tablet.

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            faster with the things it can do

            What do you mean by this? Surely you don’t mean actual performance, right?

            I don’t game a ton but having the performance to be able to do so is really nice IMO. The battery life is great as well, and being able to put any OS I want on it is huge too. I also like how durable it is too.