Comment on Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout

• TryingToActHuman@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m not so sure about cheaper. A quick google search shows the desks I used in school are priced around $400-$600 depending on type (different subjects had different desks), whereas the Chromebooks are around $250. I definitely agree with your second point, though.

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  • SaltSong@startrek.website ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Huh. Never realized chromebooks were priced that low.

    Thanks for the correction.

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    • TryingToActHuman@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Chromebooks are designed to be cheap and disposable. I’ve seen some as low as ~$100. That doesn’t mean you can’t get some very expensive ones, but since they basically only allow you to use Google and a select few apps from the play store, I don’t know why the expensive ones exist.

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      • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I got an EOL Chromebook for $50, dropped Mint on it & use it to run a 3D printer instead of a raspberry pi.

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      • peregrin5@lemm.ee ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I used to have one as my primary work device for a few years. Honestly, it was surprisingly usable once you find online analogs for all typical things you do on a computer.

        The biggest issue is you’d be using a free online service for some application, and then they start charging per month or the company goes under and you lose your work, so you have to keep finding new services.

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  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What sort of hole were you drilling in a deal with a pen in order to completely render the desk unusable?

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  • IllNess@infosec.pub ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    i don’t know much about school desk but I can get a nice standing desk for $600. That is nuts.

    Also I wonder if they sell replacement parts.

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    • GoatTnder@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Industrial strength furniture that can withstand decades of abuse is not cheap.

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      • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        And isn’t rendered unusable by a “hole drilled by a pen”. The person comparing a desk to a Chromebook is making a ridiculous comparison.

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    • TryingToActHuman@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m sure the schools don’t pay that much for the desks (or the Chromebooks) since they buy in bulk – those are just the prices I could find for single units. I was more trying to show the difference in price, rather than exactly how much the schools spend.

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      • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Not even that, but they are simple and repairable. I remember we had these sleigh-style desks (same idea except the seat was one-piece molded plastic) that were a total of four parts (two rails, the seat and the desk top) aside from bolts/hardware, and they had a graveyard of parts to replace pieces as needed. And those desk were tough as all hell.

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• ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They also don’t release magic smoke. All my homies hate vandalizing desks.

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