return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down16
arrow-up1403arrow-down1external-linkKids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok cloutarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square178fedilink
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·10 hours agoThat’s not cheap. Schools can’t afford that. The kids know better.
minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoChromebooks are much more expensive than normal computers.
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 minutes agoA Chromebook for school kids costs around $200 when I was in school 5 years ago… A normal computer would cost closer to 500
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·8 hours agoThat can be as cheap as Chromebook. Expenses at reliability are partially redeemed by no need for such complexity and computing power.
minus-squareILoveUnions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 minutes agoChromebooks that schools use don’t have any computing power to speak of. There’s none to lose
That’s not cheap. Schools can’t afford that. The kids know better.
Chromebooks are much more expensive than normal computers.
A Chromebook for school kids costs around $200 when I was in school 5 years ago… A normal computer would cost closer to 500
That can be as cheap as Chromebook. Expenses at reliability are partially redeemed by no need for such complexity and computing power.
Chromebooks that schools use don’t have any computing power to speak of. There’s none to lose