Schools bought millions of Chromebooks in 2020 — and three years later, they’re starting to break
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/21/23691840/us-pirg-educatio...
Design quirks, limited parts, and other ways Chromebooks frustrate repairs
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Re: Design quirks, limited parts, and other ways Chromebooks frustrate repairs
#12It's weird to see Google getting picked on for this. Other manufacturers are a lot worse and provide a lot less guarantees about updates.
No they're not, remember that EoL Chromebooks don't even get Chrome update anymore.
On other OSes, Chrome gets updated for more than a decade.
Re: Design quirks, limited parts, and other ways Chromebooks frustrate repairs
#13It's weird to see Google getting picked on for this. Other manufacturers are a lot worse and provide a lot less guarantees about updates.
Yeah most smartphones don't even come close to 4 years. And many other laptops don't get any BIOS/Firmware updates pretty much right after launch.
Re: Design quirks, limited parts, and other ways Chromebooks frustrate repairs
#144 years isn't that bad. I'd wager the average Intel Macbook is going to run out of support sooner.
Apples policy is 7 years according to the article.
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#154 years isn't that bad. I'd wager the average Intel Macbook is going to run out of support sooner.
I'm typing this reply on 2013 Macbook Pro; maybe I got lucky with this one, but it doesn't show signs of stopping.
It is however no longer receiving updates
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/some-macs-are-gettin...
As the article points out, Google's promise of 8 years of updates is actually longer than the average mac receives.
Re: Design quirks, limited parts, and other ways Chromebooks frustrate repairs
#16It's weird to see Google getting picked on for this. Other manufacturers are a lot worse and provide a lot less guarantees about updates.
Still getting updates for my OG Gen 1 Lenovo X1 Carbon from 2012... i7/8/256 config.
It still works too, solid as.
Re: Design quirks, limited parts, and other ways Chromebooks frustrate repairs
#174 years isn't that bad. I'd wager the average Intel Macbook is going to run out of support sooner.
Pretty sure 8 year old Macs are still getting the latest OS and prior versions still get security patches so probably not.
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#18Google should really be forced to unlock the firmware on all of their abandoned devices.
I foolishly purchased my parents a "reconditioned" Google Chromebook from Lenovo.
The device was covered in black plastic sheets to conceal scratches and markings on the casing. When we activated the device, it was out of support.
I gave them a fresh HP Chromebook to replace it.
Avoid "reconditioned" Chromebooks.
Re: Design quirks, limited parts, and other ways Chromebooks frustrate repairs
#19Re: Design quirks, limited parts, and other ways Chromebooks frustrate repairs
#20It's weird to see Google getting picked on for this. Other manufacturers are a lot worse and provide a lot less guarantees about updates.
No they're not, remember that EoL Chromebooks don't even get Chrome update anymore. On other OSes, Chrome gets updated for more than a decade.
You can fix that by installing Linux. I'm talking about unavoidable stuff like firmware updates. Other manufacturers drop support for devices much sooner.